Reproductive fitness and dietary choice behavior of the genetic model organism Caenorhabditis elegans under semi-natural conditions

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-353

  Freyth, Katharina ^a   Janowitz, Tim ^a   Nunes, Frank ^a   Voss, Melanie ^a   Heinick, Alexander ^a   Bertaux, Joanne ^b   Scheu, Stefan ^c   Paul, Rüdiger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon dioxide; FISH; oxygen; soil bacteria; soil structure

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA TROPICA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPHAGA; CYTOPHAGA ARVENSICOLA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIRMICUTES; FLEXIBACTER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC MODEL; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION;

AIR PRESSURE; ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOPHAGA; ECOSYSTEM; FLEXIBACTER; FOOD; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC FITNESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OXYGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOPHAGA; CYTOPHAGA ARVENSICOLA; FIRMICUTES; FLEXIBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 78650512045     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-010-0125-9     Document Type: Article

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