Effect of flagellates on free-living bacterial abundance in an organically contaminated aquifer

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 249-259

  Kinner, N E ^a   Harvey, R W ^b   Kazmierkiewicz Tabaka, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free living bacterial abundance; Organically contaminated aquifer; Predation; Subsurface flagellates

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLAGELLATE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; ECOLOGY; GEOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA;

EID: 0030772687     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00011-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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