Fiber Digestion by Rumen Ciliate Protozoa

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-210

  Takenaka, Akio ^a   Tajima, Kiyoshi ^a   Mitsumori, Makoto ^a   Kajikawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cellulase; fibrolytic enzyme gene; rumen microorganism; xylanase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996522951     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.19.203     Document Type: Article

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