Metatranscriptomic analyses of plant cell wall polysaccharide degradation by microorganisms in the cow rumen

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1375-1386

  Dai, Xin ^a   Tian, Yan ^b,e   Li, Jinting ^a,e   Su, Xiaoyun ^a   Wang, Xuewei ^a   Zhao, Shengguo ^c   Liu, Li ^a   Luo, Yingfeng ^b   Liu, Di ^a   Zheng, Huajun ^d   Wang, Jiaqi ^c   Dong, Zhiyang ^a   Hu, Songnian ^b   Huang, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASES; MICROORGANISMS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

AVERAGE LENGTH; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULES; CELLOBIOHYDROLASES; DEGRADING ENZYMES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HEMICELLULASES; HIGH QUALITY; PLANT CELL WALL;

BIODEGRADATION;

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOREACTOR; CATTLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BOVINAE; FIBROBACTER; PREVOTELLA; RUMINOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULASE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BACTERIUM; BOVINE; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; RUMEN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CELL WALL; CELLULASES; MICROBIOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RUMEN;

EID: 84922023904     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03682-14     Document Type: Article

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