Archaeal abundance in post-mortem ruminal digesta may help predict methane emissions from beef cattle

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wallace, R John ^a   Rooke, John A ^b   Duthie, Carol Anne ^b   Hyslop, Jimmy J ^b   Ross, David W ^b   McKain, Nest ^a   De Souza, Shirley Motta ^a   Snelling, Timothy J ^a   Waterhouse, Anthony ^b   Roehe, Rainer ^b  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL RNA; METHANE; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; BACTEROIDETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOVINE; GENETICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTEROIDETES; CATTLE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; METHANE; MICROBIOTA; MOLECULAR TYPING; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN;

EID: 84905460058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05892     Document Type: Article

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