Protozoan feeding on natural and cultured bacteria deposited on inert polymeric and mineral membrane filters

Biofouling

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-35

  Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a,b   Sleigh, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilms; Ciliates; Flagellates; Marine bacteria; Protozoan grazing

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; FOULING; VIBRIO NATRIEGENS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; MEMBRANE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAFETERIA; CAFETERIA ROENBERGENSIS; CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PARAPHYSOMONAS IMPERFORATA; PROTOZOA; PTERIDOMONAS; PTERIDOMONAS DANICA; URONEMA MARINUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO NATRIEGENS;

EID: 0032775128     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927019909378394     Document Type: Article

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