Feeding characteristics of an amoeba (Lobosea: Naegleria) grazing upon cyanobacteria: Food selection, ingestion and digestion progress

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-325

  Xinyao, Liu ^a   Miao, Shi ^a   Yonghong, Liao ^b   Yin, Gao ^a   Zhongkai, Zhang ^c   Donghui, Wen ^a   Weizhong, Wu ^a   Chencai, An ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology of Yunnan Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING MECHANISM; FLAGELLATE; GRAZING;

AMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIGESTION; EATING; FOOD PREFERENCE; METABOLISM; NAEGLERIA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CYANOBACTERIA; DIGESTION; EATING; FOOD PREFERENCES; NAEGLERIA; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; CHINA; DIANCHI LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

AMOEBA (GENUS); ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON; APHANOCAPSA; CHROOCOCCACEAE; CILIOPHORA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMUM; GLOEOTRICHIA; LOBOSEA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MICROCYSTIS; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA SP.; PHORMIDIUM; PROTISTA; SARCODINA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33745099639     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9031-2     Document Type: Article

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