Are grazer-induced adaptations of bacterial abundance and morphology time-dependent?

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-40

  Corno, Gianluca ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Filamentous bacteria; Flagellate grazing; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; FLAGELLATE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; PROTIST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OCHROMONAS; PROTISTA; SPUMELLA;

EID: 33746430910     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2006.35     Document Type: Article

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