Bacteria and digestive enzymes in the alimentary tract of Radix peregra (Gastropoda, Lymnaeidae)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1635-1638

  Brendelberger, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEIDAE; RADIX PEREGRA;

EID: 0031427669     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.7.1635     Document Type: Article

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