Role of bacterial phenotypic traits in selective feeding of the heterotrophic nanoflagellate Spumella sp.

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-148

  Matz, Carsten ^a   Boenigk, Jens ^a   Arndt, Hartmut ^a   Jürgens, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial properties; Cell surface; Selective flagellate feeding; Size; Swimming speed; Video microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); SPUMELLA;

EID: 0037088201     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame027137     Document Type: Article

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