Lean Breed Landrace Pigs Harbor Fecal Methanogens at Higher Diversity and Density than Obese Breed Erhualian Pigs
The diversity of fecal methanogens of Erhualian (obese type) and Landrace (lean type) pigs was examined using separate 16S rRNA gene libraries for each breed. A total of 763 clones were analyzed; 381 from the Erhualian library and 382 from the Landrace library were identified belonging to the genus...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Archaea |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/605289 |