Selective consumption and digestion of litter microbes by Porcellio scaber (Isopoda: Oniscidea)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 335-342

  Ihnen, Karen ^a   Zimmer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Feeding preference; Isopoda; Leaf litter colonising microbes; Nutritive value

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DETRITIVORY; DIGESTION; FEEDING; FUNGUS; ISOPOD; LEAF LITTER; LITTER; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; ISOPODA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NECTRIA VENTRICOSA; NEGIBACTERIA; ONISCIDEA; PORCELLIO SCABER; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDONOCARDIA AUTOTROPHICA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES CELLULOFLAVUS;

EID: 41449107715     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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