Assessment of the microbial ecology of ruminal methanogens in cattle with different feed efficiencies

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6524-6533

  Zhou, Mi ^a   Hernandez Sanabria, Emma ^a   Le, Luo Guan ^a,b  

^a Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; AMPLICONS; CATTLE FEED; DIVERSITY INDEX; HIGH FEED; METHANE GAS; METHANOGENIC COMMUNITY; METHANOGENIC COMPOSITIONS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY; METHANE; METHANOGENS; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ANIMALS;

METHANE; RNA 16S;

CATTLE; DNA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CLONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA ISOLATION; ECOLOGY; GENOTYPE; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSPHAERA STADTMANAE; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; ECOSYSTEM; EURYARCHAEOTA; FERMENTATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, ARCHAEAL; MALE; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; METHANOBREVIBACTER SP.; METHANOSPHAERA STADTMANAE; OTUS;

EID: 70349908270     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02815-08     Document Type: Article

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