Cellulolytic bacteria in the foregut of the dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8836-8839

  Samsudin, Anjas A ^a,b   Wright, André Denis G ^c   Jassim, Rafat Al ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; CELLULOLYTIC BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COTTON THREADS; DIGESTA; FILTER PAPERS; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

RNA;

BACTERIAL DNA; CELLULOSE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; TAXONOMY; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CAMEL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CAMELS; CELLULOSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84870986613     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02420-12     Document Type: Article

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