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Bacterial diversity in different regions of gastrointestinal tract of Giant African snail (Achatina fulica).
MicrobiologyOpen - 1 Dec 2012
Pawar Kiran D, Banskar Sunil, Rane Shailendra D, Charan Shakti S, Kulkarni Girish J, Sawant Shailesh S, Ghate Hemant V, Patole Milind S, Shouche Yogesh S
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The gastrointestinal (GI) tract of invasive land snail Achatina fulica is known to harbor metabolically active bacterial communities. In this study, we assessed the bacterial diversity in the different regions of GI tract of Giant African snail, A. fulica by culture-independent and culture-dependent methods. Five 16S rRNA gene libraries from different regions of GI tract of active snails indicated that sequences...
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