Study of methanogen communities associated with different rumen protozoal populations

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 663-677

  Belanche, Alejandro ^a   de la Fuente, Gabriel ^a   Newbold, Charles J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; Endosymbiotic; Holotrich; Methanogens; Rumen protozoa

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOA;

METHANE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; DOMESTIC SHEEP; EURYARCHAEOTA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RUMEN; SYMBIOSIS; TRICHOSTOMATIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RUMEN; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SYMBIOSIS; TRICHOSTOMATIDA;

EID: 84914818704     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12423     Document Type: Article

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