Distribution of bacteria and fungi in the earthworm Libyodrillus violaceous (Annelida: Oligochaeta), a native earthworm from Nigeria

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-58

  Idowu, A B ^a   Edema, M O ^a   Adeyi, A O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Earthworm casts; Fungi; Gut contents; Total microbial counts

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ANNELIDA; ASPERGILLUS; AZOTOBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CLOSTRIDIUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HALOBACTERIUM; INVERTEBRATA; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LYLAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PENICILLIUM; PICHIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOPUS; SACCHAROMYCES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 34748814297     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v54i1.13991     Document Type: Article

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