Bacterial degradation of black and white feathers

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 656-659

  Goldstein, Gerald ^a   Flory, Kelly R ^a   Browne, Beth Ann ^a   Majid, Samia ^a   Ichida, Jann M ^a   Burtt Jr , Edward H ^a  

^a OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; FEATHER;

BACILLI; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 3242666313     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090304     Document Type: Article

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