Principles of the digestion of microorganisms in the gut of soil millipedes: Specificity and possible mechanisms

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 145-151

  Byzov, Boris A ^a   Kurakov, Alexander V ^a   Tretyakova, Ekaterina B ^a   Vu Nguyen, Thanh ^a   Luu, Nguyen Due To ^a   Rabinovich, Yakov M ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b BACH INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Digestion; Microorganisms; Midgut fluid; Pachyiulus flavipes; Soil millipedes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038143514     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00068-7     Document Type: Article

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