Two size-selective mechanisms specifically trap bacteria-sized food particles in Caenorhabditis elegans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 47, 2009, Pages 20093-20096

  Fang Yen, Christopher ^a   Avery, Leon ^b   Samuel, Aravinthan D T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Filter feeding; Pharyngeal pumping; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FILTER FEEDER; FLUID FLOW; INTESTINE; MICROSCOPY; MOUTH CAVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SUSPENSION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTRATION; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARYNX;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 73949156856     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904036106     Document Type: Article

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