Growth of interstitial ciliates in association with ciliate bacterivory in a sandy hyporheic zone

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-189

  Cleven, Ernst Josef ^a,b   Königs, Sascha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biomass; Ciliates; Fluorescence in situ hybridisation; Grazing; Growth; Hyporheic zone

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CINETOCHILUM MARGARITACEUM; HYMENOSTOMATIA; PLACUS; PLEURONEMA; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 36849065251     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame047177     Document Type: Article

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