Bacterial fauna of the tarsal tufts of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 237-240

  Alexy, Karen J ^a,c   Gassett, Jonathan W ^a,d   Osborn, David A ^a   Miller, Karl V ^a   Russell, Scott M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; DEER; ODOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERVIDAE; HAFNIA ALVEI; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0037235447     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0237:BFOTTT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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