Dominant culturable bacterial microbiota in the digestive tract of the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus Bechstein 1793) and search for antagonistic substances Microbiota bacteriana dominante cultivável no trato digestivo do urubu (Coragyps atratus Bechstein 1793)

Strict and facultative culturable anaerobic bacteria from the digestive tract of six American black vultures (Coragyps atratus Bechstein 1793) were isolated and identified. After capture, the birds received a non-contaminated diet for one week to eliminate possible allochthonous microorganisms. Then...

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Main Authors: Lydston Rodrigues de Carvalho, Luiz Macêdo Farias, Jacques Robert Nicoli, Maria Clara Fernandes Silva, Andrea Teresa Santos Meira Corsino, Luiz André de Lima, Rodrigo Aparecido Fernandes Redondo, Paulo César Peregrino Ferreira, Maria Elizabeth Bernardes Margutti Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2003-07-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822003000300007