The Mucus of the Mollusk Phyllocaulis boraceiensis: Biochemical Profile and the search for microbiological activity

Veliger

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 137-144

  Toledo Piza, A R ^a   Lebrun, I ^a   Franzolin, M R ^a   Nakano, E ^a   Sant'Anna, O A ^a   Kawano, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84871194313     PISSN: 00423211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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