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Molecular genetics of obligate anaerobes from the rumen.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Sept 1994
Flint H J
Abstract excerpt
The rumen is inhabited by a highly specialised microflora consisting of obligately anaerobic bacteria, fungi and protozoa. Rumen bacteria belong to many different phylogenetic groupings and many species exhibit a high degree of rRNA gene sequence diversity, whereas the rumen fungi are monophyletic. At least 21 genes concerned with the degradation and utilisation of plant cell wall polysaccharides, from five...
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