The kinetics of bacteriolysis in the gut of the deposit feeder Arenicola marina

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1051-1057

  Plante, Craig J ^a,b   Mayer, Lawrence M ^a   King, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOMASS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; SEDIMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030026824     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.3.1051-1057.1996     Document Type: Article

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