Use of culture-independent methods to compare bacterial assemblages on feathers of Crested and Least Auklets (Aethia cristatella and Aethia pusilla) with those of passerines

Waterbirds

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-511

  Shawkey, Matthew D ^a,c   Hussain, M Jawaad ^b   Strong, Aaron L ^b   Hagelin, Julie C ^b   Vollmer, Amy C ^b   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Auklets; Culture independent; Feather microbes; Keratinolytic; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DNA; FEATHER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; SEABIRD;

AETHIA; AETHIA CRISTATELLA; AETHIA PUSILLA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; PSYCHROBACTER;

EID: 33847362799     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[507:UOCMTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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