The rumen microbial metagenome associated with high methane production in cattle

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wallace, R John ^a   Rooke, John A ^b   McKain, Nest ^a   Duthie, Carol Anne ^b   Hyslop, Jimmy J ^b   Ross, David W ^b   Waterhouse, Anthony ^b   Watson, Mick ^c   Roehe, Rainer ^b  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; Illumina; Metagenomics; Rumen; Succinovibrionaceae

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; METHANE; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCHAEAL GENE; ARTICLE; BOVINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KEGG GENE; METAGENOMICS; METHANOBREVIBACTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GENE; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUCCINIVIBRIONACEAE; ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; RUMEN;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA; CATTLE; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; METHANE; MICROBIOTA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN;

EID: 84944894304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-2032-0     Document Type: Article

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