Rumen protozoa are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids due to the ingestion of chloroplasts

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 461-471

  Huws, Sharon A ^a   Kim, Eun J ^a   Kingston Smith, Alison H ^a   Lee, Michael R F ^a   Muetzel, Stefan M ^b   Cookson, Alan R ^a   Newbold, Charles J ^a   Wallace, R John ^b   Scollan, Nigel D ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; DGGE; Fatty acid; Planktonic and attached bacteria; QPCR; Rumen protozoa

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BACTERIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLAST; CILIATE; FATTY ACID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; HAY; INGESTION RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPLAST; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RUMINANT STOMACH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; MALE; PROTOZOA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RUMEN;

EPIDINIUM; FRIESIA; LOLIUM PERENNE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 68249108185     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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