Orientation in two dimensions: Chemosensory motile behaviour of Euplotes vannus

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-55

  Fenchel, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemosensory motile behaviour; Chemotaxis; Euplotes vannus; L vy walks; Temporal gradient sensing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES VANNUS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3042642478     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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