Does the complexity of the rumen microbial ecology preclude methane mitigation?

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2011, Pages 248-253

  Wright, André Denis G ^a   Klieve, Athol V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaea; Methane; Methanogens; Pyrosequencing; Rumen microbiome

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; FUNGI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79958771228     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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