Inhibitory effects of saturated fatty acids on methane production by methanogenic Archaea

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-49

  Zeitz, J O ^a   Bucher, S ^a   Zhou, X ^a   Meile, L ^a   Kreuzer, M ^a   Soliva, C R ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Lipid; Methane; Methanogen; Saturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877781219     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/66015/2013     Document Type: Article

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