Effects of monolaurin on ruminal methanogens and selected bacterial species from cattle, as determined with the rumen simulation technique

Anaerobe

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 232-238

  Klevenhusen, Fenja ^a,b   Meile, Leo ^a   Kreuzer, Michael ^a   Soliva, Carla R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Methanogens; Monolaurin; QPCR; Ruminal bacteria; Rusitec

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCEROL LAURATE; LIPID; METHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

16S RRNA GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE DEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; HAY; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID DEGRADATION; MAIZE; MEGASPHAERA ELSDENII; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOMICROBIALES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RUMINANT STOMACH; WHEAT;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CEREALS; DIET; FIBROBACTER; LAURATES; METHANE; METHANOMICROBIALES; MONOGLYCERIDES; RUMEN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; MEGASPHAERA ELSDENII; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOMICROBIALES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80053123892     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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