Effects of methanogenic inhibitors on methane production and abundances of methanogens and cellulolytic bacteria in in vitro ruminal cultures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2634-2639

  Zhou, Zhenming ^a   Meng, Qingxiang ^a   Yu, Zhongtang ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CELLULOLYTIC BACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANE PRODUCTION; POPULATION STRUCTURES; RUMINAL BACTERIA; SODIUM NITRATES;

BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; MAMMALS; METHANE; METHANOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

CELLULOSE; METHANE;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTROKINESIS; EMISSION; FATTY ACID; FERMENTATION; HERB; INHIBITOR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC ACID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUMINANT; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EURYARCHAEOTA; FERMENTATION; FIBROBACTER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINOCOCCUS;

CELLULOSE; EURYARCHAEOTA; FERMENTATION; FIBROBACTER; MEDICAGO SATIVA; METHANE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

EID: 79955584709     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02779-10     Document Type: Article

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