Intraspecific variation and interspecific differences in the bacterial and fungal assemblages of blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) and great tit (Parus major) nests

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-232

  Goodenough, Anne E ^a   Stallwood, Bethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; AVES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; DAVIDIELLA TASSIANA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; EPICOCCUM PURPURASCENS; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM GALLINAE; PARUS MAJOR; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AGARICI; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FUNGI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950560797     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9591-z     Document Type: Article

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