Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis for the determination of bacterial species diversity in the gastrointestinal tracts of two crotaline snakes

Herpetological Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-438

  Hill III, Jacques G ^a,c   Hanning, Irene ^b   Beaupre, Steven J ^b   Ricke, Steven C ^b   Slavik, Michael M ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SERPENTES;

EID: 57749194588     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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