Highly efficient galvanotaxis apparatus for cleaning and concentrating rumen ciliates

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 637-640

  Kisidayova S ^a   Varadyova Z ^a   Mihalikova K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CILIATE; ELECTRICITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PARASITOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CILIOPHORA; ELECTRICITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; RUMEN; TIME FACTORS;

CILIOPHORA; ENTODINIUM CAUDATUM; ENTODINIUM FURCA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 39549102182     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02932194     Document Type: Article

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