Synergistic and antagonistic effects of viral lysis and protistan grazing on bacterial biomass, production and diversity

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 777-788

  Weinbauer, Markus G ^a,b   Hornák, Karel ^c   Jezbera, Jan ^c   Nedoma, Jiři ^c   Dolan, John R ^a,b   Šimek, Karel ^c,d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAGELLUM; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LYSOGENIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAGELLA; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; LYSOGENY; PLANKTON;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLECTOBACILLUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA;

EID: 33846972286     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01200.x     Document Type: Article

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