High temporal variability in commensal escherichia coli strain communities of a herbivorous marsupial

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2162-2172

  Blyton, Michaela D J ^a,b   Banks, Sam C ^b   Peakall, Rod ^a   Gordon, David M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METATHERIA; TRICHOSURUS CANINUS;

EID: 84881226662     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12088     Document Type: Article

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