Bacterial microflora of the anterior digestive tract of two Agkistrodon species: Additional evidence for food partitioning?

Herpetological Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-35

  Lutterschmidt, William I ^a   Roth, Eric D ^b   Wunch, Kenneth G ^c   Levin, Eli ^a   James, Leah H ^a  

^a Sam Houston State University   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Hygeia Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGKISTRODON; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247214629     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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