Mycotic flora of the intestinal tract and the soil inhabited by Onychochaeta borincana (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 901-903

  Alonso, A ^a   Borges, S ^a   Betancourt, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Earthworm mycology; Gut flora; Oligochaeta; Onychochaeta borincana

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GLIOCLADIUM; GLOSSOSCOLECIDAE; ONYCHOCHAETA; ONYCHOCHAETA BORINCANA; PAECILOMYCES; PENICILLIUM; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; RHIZOPUS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0033392357     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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