Isolation and characterization of methanogens from rumen of Murrah buffalo

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 345-350

  Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Dagar, Sumit Singh ^a   Puniya, Anil Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Buffalo; McrA; Methanogens; Rumen

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; METHANOMICROBIUM; METHANOMICROBIUM MOBILE;

EID: 84863719314     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-011-0268-8     Document Type: Article

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