The gastrointestinal tract of the white-throated woodrat (Neotoma albigula) harbors distinct consortia of oxalate-degrading bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1595-1601

  Miller, Aaron W ^a   Kohl, Kevin D ^a   Denise Dearing, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXALATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 84894038336     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03742-13     Document Type: Article

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