The ciliate, Troglodytella abrassarti, contributes to polysaccharide hydrolytic activities in the chimpanzee colon

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-343

  Profousova I ^a,b   Mihalikova K ^c   Laho, T ^c   Varadyova Z ^c   Petrzelkova K J ^b,d   Modry D ^a,e   Kisidayova S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d Liberec Zoo   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIATE; COLON; ENZYMOLOGY; FECES; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; COLON; FECES; HYDROLYSIS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

CILIOPHORA; ENTODINIOMORPHIDA; HOMINIDAE; PAN; PROTISTA; TROGLODYTELLA;

EID: 80051825309     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-011-0053-x     Document Type: Article

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