A vaccine against rumen methanogens can alter the composition of archaeal populations

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1860-1866

  Williams, Yvette J ^a,b   Popovski, Sam ^a,c   Rea, Suzanne M ^a   Skillman, Lucy C ^a,d   Toovey, Andrew F ^a   Northwood, Korinne S ^a   Wright, André Denis G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c CPSU   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCES; 16S RRNA GENES; ARCHAEAL POPULATIONS; CLONE LIBRARIES; CROSS REACTIVITIES; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNO-SORBENT ASSAYS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHANOGEN DIVERSITIES; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA; OUTPUT LEVELS; PHYLOTYPES; REAL-TIME PCR; RUMEN FLUIDS; SPECIFIC VACCINES; TREATMENT GROUPS;

CLONING; GENES; METHANE; POPULATION STATISTICS; VACCINES; WOOL;

METHANOGENS;

ANTIMETHANOGEN VACCINE; BACTERIAL VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHANE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCLIMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SALIVA; SHEEP; VACCINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DRUG FORMULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; SALIVA; SHEEP; STOMACH JUICE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ARCHAEA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GASTRIC JUICE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; VACCINES;

ARCHAEA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 63849121300     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02453-08     Document Type: Article

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