Scent of danger: Floc formation by a freshwater bacterium is induced by supernatants from a predator-prey coculture

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 6156-6163

  Blom, Judith F ^a   Zimmermann, Yannick S ^a   Ammann, Thomas ^a   Pernthaler, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAINS; BATCH CULTURE; BIOACTIVE FRACTIONS; CHEMICAL FACTORS; CO-CULTURES; COCULTURE; FLOC FORMATION; FRESHWATER BACTERIA; GROWTH MEDIUM; HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID; MODEL SYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RICH MEDIAS; SINGLE CELLS; SUPERNATANTS;

AGGLOMERATION; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE;

HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; CARBON ISOTOPE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLAGELLATE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING; INOCULATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SUBPOPULATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHRYSOPHYTA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD CHAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SPHINGOMONADACEAE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHRYSOPHYTA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD CHAIN; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); POTERIOOCHROMONAS; SPHINGOBIUM;

EID: 77956841193     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01455-10     Document Type: Article

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