Influence of copper on resistance of Lumbricus terrestris to bacterial challenge
Earthworms, Lumbricus terrestris, were challenged orally and intracoelomically with two bacterial species, Aeromonas hydrophila and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and mortality rates were observed. Neither were found to be particularly pathogenic at injected doses of up to 108 bacteria per earthworm. The...
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University of North Texas
2000
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| Online Access: | https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2602/ |