Five microflora associated characteristics in conventional rats

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 129-133

  Norin, K E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

biochemical functions; germfree life; microbiota; rats

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029824748     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1234-987X(199605)9:3<129::AID-MEH420>3.3.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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