Yeast microbiota of raptors: A possible tool for environmental monitoring

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-193

  Brilhante, Raimunda S N ^a   Castelo Branco, Débora S C M ^a   Duarte, Guilherme P S ^b   Paiva, Manoel A N ^b   Teixeira, Carlos E C ^a   Zeferino, João P O ^b   Monteiro, André J ^a   Cordeiro, Rossana A ^a   Sidrim, José J C ^a   Rocha, Marcos F G ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CANDIDA; RAPTORES;

EID: 84858599076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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