Community-level physiological profiles of cloacal microbes in songbirds (order: passeriformes): Variation due to host species, host diet, and habitat

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-28

  Maul, J D ^a,c   Gandhi, J P ^a,b   Farris, J L ^a  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CLOACA; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CARBON; CLASSIFICATION; CLOACA; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 26244444148     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-004-0076-9     Document Type: Article

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