Effect of diet and absence of protozoa on the rumen microbial community and on the representativeness of bacterial fractions used in the determination of microbial protein synthesis

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3924-3936

  Belanche, A ^a,b   de la Fuente, G ^a,b   Pinloche, E ^b   Newbold, C J ^b   Balcells, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial structure; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Microbial synthesis; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Rumen protozoa; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIET; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIET; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RUMEN; SHEEP;

EID: 84882649820     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4802     Document Type: Article

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