Sustainable poultry meat and egg production is important to provide safe and quality protein
sources in human nutrition worldwide. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract of chickens harbor a …

Anaerobic microorganisms (anaerobes) possess a fascinating metabolic versatility. This
characteristic makes anaerobes interesting candidates for physiological studies and …

This book presents a series of chapters on the current knowledge with an emphasis on the
interactions of host animal with the microbes in the rumen. The whole content is divided into …

Rumen microbial community comprising of bacteria, archaea, fungi, and protozoa is
characterized not only by the high population density but also by the remarkable diversity …

Live-cell fluorescence imaging of methanogenic archaea has been limited due to the strictly
anoxic conditions required for growth and issues with autofluorescence associated with …

As important parts of dissolved organic matter, low-molecular-weight organic acids
(LMWOAs) typically play important roles in desorbing Hg (II) from the soil solid-phase, which …

Hybridization probes are often inefficient in the analysis of single‐stranded DNA or RNA that
are folded in stable secondary structures. A molecular beacon (MB) probe is a short DNA …

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common outpatient infections. Obtaining the
concentration of live pathogens in the sample is crucial for the treatment. Still, the …

Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide (CO2) with a
global warming potential 25 times more than CO2. Rice fields are one of the main …

Six genera of hydrogenotrophic methanogens, namely Methanobrevibacter,
Methanobacterium, Methanocorpusculum, Methanothermobacter, Methanoculleus, and …