Methanogen community structure in the rumens of farmed sheep, cattle and red deer fed different diets

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-326

  Jeyanathan, Jeyamalar ^a,b   Kirs, Marek ^a   Ronimus, Ron S ^a   Hoskin, Simone O ^a,b   Janssen, Peter H ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Archaea; Community structure; Methane formation; Methanogens; Rumen

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; METHANE; RNA 16S;

CATTLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEER; DIET; ELECTROKINESIS; INHIBITOR; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROKARYOTE; REAL TIME; SHEEP; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARCHAEAL GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIET; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; DEER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIET; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHANE; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOBREVIBACTER GOTTSCHALKII; METHANOBREVIBACTER RUMINANTIUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER THAUERI; METHANOSPHAERA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79953768304     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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