Archaea in the foregut of macropod marsupials: PCR and amplicon sequence-based observations

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1065-1075

  Klieve, A V ^a,b   Ouwerkerk, D ^a,b   Maguire, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Innovation and the Arts   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaea; DNA sequence; Kangaroo forestomach

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; MAMMALS; METHANOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE; AMPLICON SEQUENCES; ARCHAEAL; ARCHAEON; KANGAROO FORESTOMACH; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA; PCR ASSAY; POPULATION DENSITIES; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE PCR;

DNA SEQUENCES;

RNA 16S;

CATTLE; EMISSION CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MARSUPIAL; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SHEEP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

AMPLICON; ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CATTLE; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; KANGAROO; MCRA GENE; METHANE OXIDISING ARCHAEA; METHANOSPHAERA STADTMANAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; THERMOPLASMA;

ARCHAEA; BOS; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS RUFUS; METATHERIA; METHANOSPHAERA; OVIS ARIES; THERMOPLASMA;

EID: 84867733313     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05428.x     Document Type: Article

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