Hindgut fermentation in three species of marine herbivorous fish

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1374-1380

  Mountfort, Douglas O ^a   Campbell, Jane ^a   Clements, Kendall D ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; FISHERIES; MICROORGANISMS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SAMPLING;

METABOLIC PATHWAYS;

FERMENTATION;

ACETIC ACID; SULFATE;

FERMENTATION; FISH; HERBIVORE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FERMENTATION; FISH; HERBIVORY; INTESTINE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOGENESIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; PERCIFORMES; PLANTS; SEAWATER;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; APLODACTYLIDAE; APLODACTYLUS; APLODACTYLUS ARCTIDENS; KYPHOSIDAE; KYPHOSUS; KYPHOSUS SYDNEYANUS; MAMMALIA; ODACIDAE; ODAX; ODAX PULLUS; PISCES; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036199312     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.3.1374-1380.2002     Document Type: Article

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