Warm microgradients elicit adaptive behavior in isotropically cooled, inert populations of Oxytricha bifaria (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 532-541

  Barbanera, Filippo ^a   Erra, Fabrizio ^a   Ricci, Nicola ^a  

^a Dipto Etologia Ecologia ed E   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethogram; Klinokinesis; Low temperature; Orthokinesis; Thermoaccumulation

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

CILIOPHORA; HYPOTRICHIA; OXYTRICHA BIFARIA;

EID: 0032823563     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb06071.x     Document Type: Article

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