Mutualistic fermentative digestion in the gastrointestinal tract: Diversity and evolution

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 319-326

  Mackie, Roderick I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; CILIOPHORA; DINOSAURIA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036545087     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.2.319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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