COENZYME-M REDUCTASE;
16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA;
AUSTRALIAN MARSUPIALS;
PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;
MOLECULAR DIVERSITY;
NOV LITOSTOMATEA;
GREY-KANGAROO;
MCRA GENES;
IDENTIFICATION;
SEQUENCES;
D O I:
10.1128/AEM.02436-08
中图分类号:
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)];
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号:
071005 [微生物学];
090105 [作物生产系统与生态工程];
摘要:
The composition of the methanogenic archaeal community in the foregut contents of Tammar wallabies (Macropus eugenii) was studied using 16S rRNA and methyl coenzyme reductase subunit A (mcrA) gene clone libraries. Methanogens belonging to the Methanobacteriales and a well-supported cluster of uncultivated archaeon sequences previously observed in the ovine and bovine rumens were found. Methanogen densities ranged from 7.0 X 10(5) and 3.9 X 10(6) cells per gram of wet weight.