Eubacterium rangiferina, a novel usnic acid-resistant bacterium from the reindeer rumen

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 741-749

  Sundset, Monica A ^a   Kohn, Alexandra ^a   Mathiesen, Svein D ^b,c   Præsteng, Kirsti E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Saami University College   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lichen; Rangifer; Rumen; Usnic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETAL DERIVATIVE; ATRANORIC ACID; CYTOSINE; DNA; FATTY ACID ESTER; FUMARPROTOCETRARIC ACID; GUANINE; LOBARIC ACID; PIGMENT; RNA 16S; USNIC ACID;

ACID; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DEER; ENERGY; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; LICHEN; NEW RECORD; NUTRIENT; RNA; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIALES; ENTEROCOCCUS; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM RANGIFERINA; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REINDEER; RUMINANT STOMACH; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BENZOFURANS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EUBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; REINDEER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RUMEN; SALICYLIC ACIDS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIALES; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 46749128525     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0381-0     Document Type: Article

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