In vitro determination of generation times for Entodinium exiguum, Ophryoscolex purkynjei and Eudiplodinium maggii

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-338

  Dehority, Burk A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Division time; Growth; In vitro culture; Rumen protozoa; Transfer interval

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CILIATE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CILIOPHORA; RUMEN;

CILIOPHORA; ENTODINIUM; ENTODINIUM CAUDATUM; EPIDINIUM; EPIDINIUM CAUDATUM; EUDIPLODINIUM MAGGII; OPHRYOSCOLEX PURKYNJEI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2542432220     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00575.x     Document Type: Article

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