The model high molecular weight DOC compound, dextran, is ingested by the benthic ciliate Uronema marinum but does not supplement ciliate growth

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-87

  First, Matthew R ^a,b   Hollibaugh, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic food web; Carbohydrates; Cell metabolism; Ciliate; Microbenthos; Pinocytosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; URONEMA MARINUM;

EID: 70349446327     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01338     Document Type: Article

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