Methylotrophic methanogenic Thermoplasmata implicated in reduced methane emissions from bovine rumen

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Poulsen, Morten ^a   Schwab, Clarissa ^b   Borg Jensen, Bent ^a   Engberg, Ricarda M ^a   Spang, Anja ^b   Canibe, Nuria ^a   Højberg, Ole ^a   Milinovich, Gabriel ^b   Fragner, Lena ^b   Schleper, Christa ^b   Weckwerth, Wolfram ^b   Lund, Peter ^a   Schramm, Andreas ^a   Urich, Tim ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METHANE; METHYLAMINE; RNA 16S;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; LIFESTYLE; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; PROKARYOTE; RUMINANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVESTOCK; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; THERMOPLASMATALES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EURYARCHAEOTA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; METAGENOME; METHANE; METHYLAMINES; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT OILS; RNA, MESSENGER; RUMEN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84874628087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2432     Document Type: Article

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