Interference between bacterial feeding nematodes and amoebae relies on innate and inducible mutual toxicity

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1133-1138

  Neidig, Nina ^a   Jousset, Alexandre ^a,b   Nunes, Frank ^c   Bonkowski, Michael ^d   Paul, Rüdiger J ^c   Scheu, Stefan ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Enzymes; Non trophic interactions; Soil food webs; Stress response

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CHEMOTAXIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FOOD WEB; INHIBITION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; NEMATODE; PROTOZOAN; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA (GENUS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 78149336376     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01718.x     Document Type: Article

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