Experimental evidence that keeping eggs dry is a mechanism for the antimicrobial effects of avian incubation

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1089-1095

  D'Alba, Liliana ^a   Oborn, Allison ^a   Shawkey, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Eggs; Incubation; Microbial infection; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; EGG; EGGSHELL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCUBATION; INHIBITION; PASSERINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EGG SHELL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; EGG SHELL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SWALLOWS; WATER;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 78650020049     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0735-2     Document Type: Article

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