Feeding behaviour and grazing impacts of a Euplotes sp. on attached bacteria

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 623-629

  Lawrence, J R ^a   Snyder, R A ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Digital image analysis; Euplotes; Grazing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CILIATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; CILIATE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGESTION; LOCOMOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMENOPHOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES SP.; POLYMENOPHOREA; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; VIBRIO NATRIEGENS;

EID: 0031732420     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-44-7-623     Document Type: Article

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