Changes in amount of bacteria during gut passage of leaf litter and during coprophagy in three species of bibionidae (Diptera) larvae

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 535-542

  Frouz, J ^a   Kristufek V ^a   Li, X ^b   Santruckova H ^a,c   Sustr V ^a   Brune, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIBIO; BIBIO MARCI; BIBIO POMONAE; BIBIONIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PENTHETRIA; PENTHETRIA HOLOSERICEA;

EID: 0141567700     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931337     Document Type: Article

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