Grazing rates and functional diversity of uncultured heterotrophic flagellates

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 588-595

  Massana, Ramon ^a   Unrein, Fernando ^a,c   Rodríguez Martínez, Raquel ^a   Forn, Irene ^a   Lefort, Thomas ^a   Pinhassi, Jarone ^b   Not, Fabrice ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Functional diversity; Grazing rates; MAST 1C; MAST 4; Prey preference; Uncultured flagellates

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAGELLATE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MASTIGOPHORA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIA; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; ROSEOBACTER; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 67349125521     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.130     Document Type: Article

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