Microecology of the termite gut: structure and function on a microscale.

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Current Opinion in Microbiology

• Publication date

  2000-06-01

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  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00087-4PMID 10851155
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