Grazing pressure by a bacterivorous flagellate reverses the relative abundance of Comamonas acidovorans PX54 and Vibrio strain CB5 in chemostat cocultures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1910-1918

  Hahn, Martin W ^a,b   Höfle, Manfred G ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIVORY; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CHEMOSTAT; FLAGELLATE; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMOSTAT; FLAGELLATE; GROWTH RATE; PREDATOR; PROTOZOON; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS; COMAMONAS ACIDOVORANS; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OCHROMONAS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; VIBRIO; VIRBRIO;

EID: 0345215177     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1910-1918.1998     Document Type: Article

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