Digestion of cellulose and xylan by symbiotic bacteria in the intestine of the Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-69

  Prem Anand, A Alwin ^a   Sripathi, K ^a  

^a School of Biological Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Cellulolytic and xylanolytic bacteria; Citrobacter freundii; Hipposideros fulvus; Klebsiella oxytoca; Proteus mirabilis; Proteus vulgaris; Pteropus giganteus; Serratia liquefaciens; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE; XYLAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BAT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; INDIA; INTESTINE; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PTEROPUS GIGANTEUS; SCREENING; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SYMBIOSIS;

CANIDAE; CHIROPTERA; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; HIPPOSIDEROS; HIPPOSIDEROS FULVUS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MAMMALIA; MEGACHIROPTERA; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS GIGANTEUS; SERRATIA; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS;

EID: 4744365214     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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