Role of microcolony formation in the protistan grazing defense of the aquatic bacterium Pseudomonas sp. MWH1

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 175-185

  Hahn, Martin W ^a   Moore, E R B ^a   Hofle M G ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BATCH CELL CULTURE; GENETIC STRAIN; GRAZING; OCHROMONAS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GRAZING;

PSEUDOMONAS; VIBRIO;

EID: 0033948849     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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