Influence of transgenic Bt176 and non-transgenic corn silage on the structure of rumen bacterial communities

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 925-930

  Brusetti, Lorenzo ^a,b   Crotti, Elena ^a   Tamburini, Alberto ^a   Cittaro, Davide ^a,c   Garavaglia, Virgilio ^a   Rolli, Eleonora ^a   Sorlini, Claudia ^a   Daffonchio, Daniele ^a   Borin, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c IFOM IEO Campus   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial population structure; Bt176 corn; RISA fingerprinting; Rumen; Silage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863529636     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-011-0215-8     Document Type: Article

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