Size-selective predation on groundwater bacteria by nanoflagellates in an organic-contaminated aquifer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 618-625

  Kinner, N E ^a   Harvey, R W ^c   Blakeslee, K ^a   Novarino, G ^d   Meeker, L D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

BACTERIA; GROUNDWATER; NANOFLAGELLATE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SIZE-SELECTIVE PREDATION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FLAGELLATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADUS MORHUA; GUTTULA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; SPUMELLA; SPUMELLA GUTTULA;

EID: 0031890704     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.2.618-625.1998     Document Type: Article

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