Analysis of the evolution of microbial communities associated with different cultures of rotifer strains belonging to different cryptic species of the Brachionus plicatilis species complex

Aquaculture

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 23-29

  Qi, Zizhong ^a,b   Dierckens, Kristof ^b   Defoirdt, Tom ^b   Sorgeloos, Patrick ^b   Boon, Nico ^b   Bao, Zhenmin ^a   Bossier, Peter ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brachionus plicatilis; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Microbial community; Rotifer

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTROKINESIS; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 67349184536     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.03.030     Document Type: Article

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