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Carboxymethyl cellulose decomposition by intestinal bacteria of cockroaches

D L Cruden1, A J Markovetz

  • 1Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|September 1, 1979
PubMed

Keywords:
carboxymethyl cellulose digestioncockroach gut bacteriamicrobial symbiosisinsect digestion

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