Supplementation with Sterols Improves Food Quality of a Ciliate for Daphnia magna

Protist

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-486

  Martin Creuzburg, Dominik ^a   Bec, Alexandre ^a   von Elert, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

albumin beads; cholesterol; Colpidium campylum; dihydrocholesterol; lathosterol; trophic upgrading

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COLPIDIUM CAMPYLUM; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 33749445038     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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