In vitro fibrolytic potential of anaerobic rumen fungi from ruminants and non-ruminant herbivores

Mycoscience

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-38

  Nagpal, Ravinder ^a,b   Puniya, Anil Kumar ^a   Sehgal, Jatinder Paul ^a   Singh, Kishan ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b JMIT Institute of Engineering and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Animal nutrition; Cellulolytic enzymes; Plant fiber degradation; Rumen microflora

Indexed keywords

ANAEROMYCES; ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; CAECOMYCES; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; ELEPHANTIDAE; EQUIDAE; FUNGI; NEOCALLIMASTIX; ORPINOMYCES; OVIS ARIES; PIROMYCES;

EID: 78651232055     PISSN: 13403540     EISSN: 16182545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10267-010-0071-6     Document Type: Article

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