Factors affecting preference responses of the freshwater ciliate Uronema nigricans to bacterial prey

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-193

  Ayo, Begoña ^a   Latatu, Ainhoa ^a   Artolozaga, Itxaso ^a   JÜrgens, Klaus ^b,c   Iriberri, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Bacterial physiological stage; Bacterivorous protist; Feeding history; Predator prey interaction; Preference index; Pseudomonas luteola; Serratia rubidaea

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CILIATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS; SERRATIA;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; CHEMOTAXIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PSEUDOMONAS; SERRATIA;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS LUTEOLA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA RUBIDAEA; URONEMA NIGRICANS;

EID: 64249149879     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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