Size selective feeding in Cyclidium glaucoma (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatida) and its effects on bacterial community structure: A study from a continuous cultivation system

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 217-227

  Posch, T ^a   Jezbera, J ^b   Vrba, J ^b   Simek K ^c   Pernthaler, J ^d   Andreatta, S ^a   Sonntag, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD SELECTION; GRAZING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS SP.; CYCLIDIUM GLAUCOMA; PROTISTA; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 0035211732     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002480000114     Document Type: Article

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