Phylogenetic diversity and dietary association of rumen Treponema revealed using group-specific 16S rRNA gene-based analysis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 316, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-60

  Bekele, Aschalew Z ^a   Koike, Satoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Diet association; Diversity; Rumen; Treponema

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA EXTRACTION; LETTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA BRYANTII;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; TREPONEMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA BRYANTII;

EID: 79551500179     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02191.x     Document Type: Letter

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