Bacterial preferences and growth kinetic variation in Uronema marinum and Uronema nigricans (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatida)

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-198

  Perez Uz B ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PREFERENCES; GROWTH; HABITAT ORIGIN; PREDATION;

URONEMA;

EID: 0029667171     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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