Chitinase in insectivorous bats

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-18

  Whitaker Jr , John O ^a   Dannelly, H Kathleen ^a   Prentice, David A ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Chitinase; Chitinase producing bacteria; Eptesicus; Insectivorous bats; Lasionycteris; Lasiurus; Myotis; Nycticeius; Pipistrellus

Indexed keywords

BAT; CHITIN; DIET; ENZYME; INSECTIVORE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; HAFNIA ALVEI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LASIONYCTERIS; LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS; LASIURUS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; LASIURUS CINEREUS; MYOTIS; MYOTIS KEENII; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS MYOTIS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; MYOTIS SODALIS; NYCTICEIUS; NYCTICEIUS HUMERALIS; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS; SERRATIA; SODALIS;

EID: 1542378726     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0015:CIIB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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