'David and Goliath' of the soil food web - Flagellates that kill nematodes

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2032-2039

  Bjørnlund, Lisa ^a   Rønn, Regin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacterial feeding; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cercomonas; Flagellates; Food web; Microfauna; Nematodes; Predation; Protozoa; Trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

CANNING; CELL CULTURE; COMPETITION; FEEDING; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD PRESERVATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SEDIMENTATION; SOILS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (E ,3E) PROCESS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; DIRECT CONTACTS; ELSEVIER (CO); LIQUID CULTURES; NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SOIL FOOD WEB; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; FLAGELLATE; FOOD WEB; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; PREDATOR; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CERCOMONAS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEMATODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 45549087088     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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