Physiological characteristics of several rumen protozoa grown in vitro with observations on within and among species variation

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-279

  Dehority, Burk A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enoploplastron triloricatum; Epidinium caudatum; Eudiplodinium impalae; Generation time; In vitro culture; Protozoa; Substrates

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DACTYLIS; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CILIOPHORA; CULTURE MEDIA; DACTYLIS; EUROPE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OHIO; PARASITOLOGY; RUMEN;

DACTYLIS; ENTODINIUM; ENTODINIUM CAUDATUM; ENTODINIUM EXIGUUM; EPIDINIUM; EPIDINIUM CAUDATUM; EUDIPLODINIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 78649906803     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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