Herbivorous rodents (Neotoma spp.) harbour abundant and active foregut microbiota

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2869-2878

  Kohl, Kevin D ^a   Miller, Aaron W ^a   Marvin, James E ^a   Mackie, Roderick ^b   Dearing, M Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; NEOTOMA; RODENTIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HERBIVORY; MICROBIOTA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 84906944091     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12376     Document Type: Article

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