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Inside the guts of wood-eating catfishes: can they digest wood?

To better understand the structure and function of the gastrointestinal (GI) tracts of wood-eating catfishes, the gross morphology, length, and microvilli surface area (MVSA) of the intestines of wild-caught Panaque nocturnus, P. cf. nigrolineatus “Marañon”, and Hypostomus pyrineusi were measured, a...

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Autor principal: German, Donovan P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2762535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19562350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-009-0381-1