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The rumen microbial metagenome associated with high methane production in cattle

BACKGROUND: Methane represents 16 % of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. It has been estimated that ruminant livestock produce ca. 29 % of this methane. As individual animals produce consistently different quantities of methane, understanding the basis for these differences may lead to n...

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Autores principales: Wallace, R. John, Rooke, John A., McKain, Nest, Duthie, Carol-Anne, Hyslop, Jimmy J., Ross, David W., Waterhouse, Anthony, Watson, Mick, Roehe, Rainer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26494241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-2032-0