Preliminary study on the requirements of Entodinium exiguum and E. caudatum for live or dead bacteria when cultured in vitro

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-46

  Fondevila, Manuel ^a   Dehority, Burk A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entodinium; Generation time; In vitro culture; Rumen protozoa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTODINIUM CAUDATUM; ENTODINIUM EXIGUUM; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PROTOZOON; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTODINIUM CAUDATUM; ENTODINIUM EXIGUUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035036078     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2001110     Document Type: Article

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