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A comprehensive up-to-date account of the methodologies and protocols for conventional and modern molecular techniques, currently in use for studying the gut microbial ecology of ruminants
Written by an expert group of scientists working in the area of ruminant digestion and gut microbiology
Written in a recipe-like format designed for direct practical use in the laboratory
Only book in the market presenting recent molecular methodologies for studying gut microbial ecology in ruminants
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Designing **in vivo microbial ecology studies
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Classical methods for isolation, enumeration, cultivation and functional assays of rumen microbes
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PCR-based methods for analysis of populations and gene expression
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Molecular fingerprinting techniques for genotypic analysis of pure cultures and microbial communities
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DNA clone libraries of microbial communities
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Use of small subunit ribosomal RNA directed oligonucleotide probes for microbial population studies
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Genomic analysis of microbial ecosystems
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Animal Production and Health Section Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
Harinder P.S. Makkar
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CSIRO Livestock Industries, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, St Lucia, Australia
Christopher S. McSweeney
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Methods in Gut Microbial Ecology for Ruminants
Editors: Harinder P.S. Makkar, Christopher S. McSweeney
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3791-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3790-0Published: 03 November 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6966-5Published: 10 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3791-7Published: 23 February 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 226
Topics: Zoology, Agriculture, Ecology, Microbial Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Microbiology