Functional gene analysis suggests different acetogen populations in the bovine rumen and tammar wallaby forestomach

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7785-7795

  Gagen, Emma J ^a,b,d   Denman, Stuart E ^a   Padmanabha, Jagadish ^a   Zadbuke, Someshwar ^c   Jassim, Rafat Al ^b   Morrison, Mark ^a   McSweeney, Christopher S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOGENS; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL-COA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; FUNCTIONAL GENES; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANOGENESIS; PCR PRIMERS; SYNTHASE GENE; SYNTHASES; SYNTHETASES;

AMINO ACIDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FERMENTATION; LIBRARIES; METHANE;

GENES;

ACETATE COA LIGASE (ADP FORMING); ACETATE-COA LIGASE (ADP-FORMING); ACETYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROGEN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; METHANE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID; CATTLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COENZYME A LIGASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN; MACROPODIDAE; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RUMEN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BOVINAE; CLOSTRIDIACEAE; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 78650355798     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01679-10     Document Type: Article

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