Closely related protist strains have different grazing impacts on natural bacterial communities

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3105-3113

  Glücksman, Edvard ^a   Bell, Thomas ^a   Griffiths, Robert I ^b   Bass, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CERCOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA GENE;

BACTERIA; CERCOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, RRNA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERCOZOA; FAGUS; PROTISTA;

EID: 78650043645     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02283.x     Document Type: Article

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