Intestinal microbiota composition in fishes is influenced by host ecology and environment

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3100-3102

  Wong, Sandi ^a   Rawls, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aquaculture; bacteria; coevolution; comparative biology; fish; intestine; microbial biology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; FISHES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METAGENOME;

EID: 84862737884     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05646.x     Document Type: Review

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