Interaction of nutrient limitation and protozoan grazing determines the phenotypic structure of a bacterial community

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 384-398

  Matz, C ^a,b   Jurgens K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN;

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

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTOZOON; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CARBON; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTOZOA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0038342844     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-003-2000-0     Document Type: Article

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