Cellulosomics, a gene-centric approach to investigating the intraspecific diversity and adaptation of ruminococcus flavefaciens within the rumen

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Brulc, Jennifer M ^a   Yeoman, Carl J ^a   Wilson, Melissa K ^a   Miller, Margret E ^a   Jeraldo, Patricio ^a,b   Jindou, Sadanari ^c   Goldenfeld, Nigel ^a,b   Flint, Harry J ^d   Lamed, Raphael ^e   Borovok, Ilya ^e   Vodovnik, Maša ^d,f   Nelson, Karen E ^g   Bayer, Edward A ^h   White, Bryan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^g J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COHESIN; DOCKERIN; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELLULOSE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CELLULOSOMICS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MALE; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RUMINANT STOMACH; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS; SCAC GENE; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; DIET; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; RUMINOCOCCUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CELLULOSE; DIET; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN; RUMINOCOCCUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80054750830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025329     Document Type: Article

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