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Lean breed Landrace pigs harbor fecal methanogens at higher diversity and density than obese breed Erhualian pigs.
Archaea (Vancouver, B.C.) - 1 Jan 2012
Luo Yu-heng, Su Yong, Wright André-Denis G, Zhang Ling-li, Smidt Hauke, Zhu Wei-yun
Abstract excerpt
The diversity of fecal methanogens of Erhualian (obese type) and Landrace (lean type) pigs was examined using separate 16S rRNA gene libraries for each breed. A total of 763 clones were analyzed; 381 from the Erhualian library and 382 from the Landrace library were identified belonging to the gen...
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