Oral bacteria in Miocene Sivapithecus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 507-512

  Hershkovitz, I ^a,b   Kelly, J ^c   Latimer, B ^b   Rothschild, B M ^d   Simpson, S ^e   Polak, J ^f   Rosenberg, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SIVAPITHECUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; FOSSIL; HOMINID; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PALEONTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MOUTH; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 0031254751     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0149     Document Type: Article

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