Selective grazing of methanotrophs by protozoa in a rice field soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 408-414

  Murase, Jun ^a   Frenzel, Peter ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flagellate; Grazing preference; Methane oxidizing bacteria; MPN; Naked amoeba; Protist

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRAZING; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; PADDY FIELD; PROTOZOAN; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WETLAND;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLATE; GRAZING; METHANOTROPH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SOIL MICROFLORA;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FOOD CHAIN; METHANE; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; ORYZA SATIVA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTOZOA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WETLANDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METHYLOCYSTIS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 49249118349     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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