Small eats big: Ecology and diversity of Bdellovibrio and like organisms, and their dynamics in predator-prey interactions

Agronomie

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 433-439

  Yair, Shemesh ^a   Yaacov, Davidov ^a   Susan, Koval ^b   Jurkevitch, Edouard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bdellovibrio; BLO; Predation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOVORAX; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 0141524121     PISSN: 02495627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2003026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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