A microscopical view of the intestine of Onychochaeta borincana (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 900-903

  Mendez, Richard ^a   Borges, Sonia ^a   Betancourt, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Earthworms; Endosymbionts; Gut flora

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EARTHWORM; ENDOSYMBIONT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MICROORGANISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS ARTHROMITUS SP. SFB-MOUSE; GLOSSOSCOLECIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; ONYCHOCHAETA; ONYCHOCHAETA BORINCANA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0347930404     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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