Identification and quantification of methanogenic Archaea in adult chicken ceca.

ABSTRACT: By using molecular methods for the identification and quantification of methanogenic archaea in adult chicken ceca, 16S rRNA genes of 11 different phylotypes, 10 of which were 99% similar to Methanobrevibacter woesei, were found. Methanogen populations, as assessed by cultivation, and the 16S rRNA copy number were between 6.38 and 8.23 cells/g (wet weight) and 5.50 and 7.19 log(10)/g (wet weight), respectively.

SUBMITTER: Saengkerdsub S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1797138 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature