Dynamics of bacterial and fungal communities associated with eggshells during incubation

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1140-1157

  Grizard, Stéphanie ^a   Dini Andreote, Francisco ^a   Tieleman, B Irene ^a   Salles, Joana F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birds; Eggshells; Incubation; Microbes; Molecular tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897953169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1011     Document Type: Article

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