The soil flagellate Heteromita globosa accelerates bacterial degradation of alkylbenzenes through grazing and acetate excretion in batch culture

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 142-150

  Mattison, R G ^a   Taki, H ^b   Harayama, S ^c  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TAISEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; ETHYLBENZENE; NITRATE; OXYGEN; TOLUENE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IC 50; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOON; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL;

ACETATES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; NITRATES; OXYGEN; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL; TOLUENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HETEROMITA GLOBOSA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PSEUDOMONAS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 19944399433     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-003-0226-5     Document Type: Article

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