Effect of UV radiation on the bacterivory of a heterotrophic nanoflagellate

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4395-4400

  Sommaruga, Ruben ^a   Oberleiter, Alex ^a   Psenner, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; FLAGELLATE; KINETOPLAST; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BODO SALTANS; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

BACTERIVORY; NANOFLAGELLATE; OLIGOTROPHIC LAKE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0029659245     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4395-4400.1996     Document Type: Article

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