Anaerobic fungi

Methods in Gut Microbial Ecology for Ruminants

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 55-66

  Theodorou, Michael K ^a   Brookman, Jayne ^a   Trinci, Anthony P J ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3791-0_5     Document Type: Chapter

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