Simple quantification of blood and plasma antimicrobial capacity using spectrophotometry

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1091-1096

  Liebl, Andrea L ^a   Martin Ii, Lynn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Health; Immune; Immunocompetence; Passerine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PASSERINE; PLASMA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIFORMES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 70449370957     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01592.x     Document Type: Article

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