Methanobrevibacter phylotypes are the dominant methanogens in sheep from Venezuela

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 390-394

  Wright, André Denis G ^a   Ma, Xuanli ^a,b   Obispo, Nestor E ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRÍCOLAS INIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA GENE; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; MALE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOBREVIBACTER GOTTSCHALKII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 46149087251     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9351-x     Document Type: Article

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