
%0 Journal Article
%A McKenzie, RA 
%T The caceum of the Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus: Light, scanning and transmission electron microscopic observations on its epithelium and flora
%J Australian Journal of Zoology
%D 1978/06/01
%V 26
%N 2
%P 249-256
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9780249
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9780249 
%X The pseudostratified columnar epithelium of the koala caecum is surmounted on its luminal border by a tall palisade fringe of bacteria of different types including Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacilli, cocci and actinomycete-like organisms. Ultrastructure of the epithelium indicates that it absorbs water and nutrients from the caecal lumen, and secretes mucus to lubricate the passage of ingesta. 
