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McSweeney, C.S., Denman, S.E., Mackie, R.I. (2005). Rumen bacteria. In: Makkar, H.P., McSweeney, C.S. (eds) Methods in Gut Microbial Ecology for Ruminants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3791-0_2
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