Molecular tools for deciphering the microbial community structure and diversity in rumen ecosystem

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1135-1154

  Sirohi, Sunil Kumar ^a   Singh, Nasib ^a   Dagar, Sumit Singh ^a   Puniya, Anil Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobic fungi; Archaea; DNA fingerprinting; mcrA; Microbial diversity; Ribosomal RNA; Rumen bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC FUNGUS; ARCHAEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MCRA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; RIBOSOMAL RNA; RUMEN BACTERIA;

BIODIVERSITY; FUNGI; POPULATION STATISTICS; RNA;

BACTERIA;

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACIDAMINOCOCCUS; AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BUTYRIVIBRIO; CLOSTRIDIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EUBACTERIUM; FIBROBACTER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MANNHEIMIA; MEGASPHAERA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOCULLEUS; METHANOMICROBIUM; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROCOCCUS; NEOCALLIMASTIX; NONHUMAN; ORPINOMYCES; OXALOBACTER; PIROMYCES; PREVOTELLA; PYROSEQUENCING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RUMINANT STOMACH; RUMINOBACTER; RUMINOCOCCUS; SELENOMONAS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; VEILLONELLA; ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

FUNGI; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOTA; CILIOPHORA; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; METAGENOMICS; RUMEN;

EID: 84875812855     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4262-2     Document Type: Review

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