A first report on the microbial colonisation of the equine oesophagus

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-51

  Meyer, Wilfried ^a   Kacza, Johannes ^a   Schnapper, Anke ^a   Verspohl, Jutta ^b   Hornickel, Isabelle ^a   Seeger, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Horse; Microorganisms; Oesophagus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; MANNAN; MANNOSE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FUSOBACTERIUM; HORSE; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA; PREVOTELLA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESOPHAGUS; FREEZING; FUNGI; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ACTINOBACILLUS EQUULI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; FUSOBACTERIUM; PANTOEA; PREVOTELLA;

EID: 75149172205     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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