Dominant culturable bacterial microbiota in the digestive tract of the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus Bechstein 1793) and search for antagonistic substances

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 218-224

  De Carvalho, Lydston Rodrigues ^a   Farias, Luiz Macêdo ^a   Nicoli, Jacques Robert ^a   Fernandes Silva, Maria Clara ^a   Meira Corsino, Andrea Teresa Santos ^a   De Lima, Luiz André ^a   Fernandes Redondo, Rodrigo Aparecido ^a   Peregrino Ferreira, Paulo César ^a   Margutti Pinto, Maria Elizabeth Bernardes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antagonistic substance; Culture; Digestive tract; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES BOVIS; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BIFERMENTANS; CORAGYPS ATRATUS; ENTEROBACTER; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; MICROBIOTA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA SICCA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS SP.; SARCINA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA ODORIFERA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 19944365606     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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