Molecular genetics of obligate anaerobes from the rumen.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb07110.x

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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 monophyleti...

Topics

Animals
Bacteria, Anaerobic
Gene Transfer Techniques
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Glycoside Hydrolases
Molecular Biology
Phylogeny
Rumen

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