Chemical detection of prey bacteria by the marine heterotrophic nanoflagellate Jakoba libera

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 475-481

  Mohapatra, B R ^a,b   Fukami, K ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterivory; Chemosensory responses; Feeding behaviour; Heterotrophic nanoflagellates; Maximum clearance rate

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM SP.; JAKOBA LIBERA; PROTISTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 34547538780     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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