The Filter-Feeding Ciliates Colpidium striatum and Tetrahymena pyriformis Display Selective Feeding Behaviours in the Presence of Mixed, Equally-Sized, Bacterial Prey

Protist

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 577-588

  Thurman, Jill ^a   Parry, Jacqueline D ^a   Hill, Philip J ^b   Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^c,d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clearance rate; Differential digestion; Ingestion rate; Protozoa; Selective index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CILIATE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; CILIOPHORA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTRATION; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COLPIDIUM STRIATUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 77955662138     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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