Ingredients for protist coexistence: Competition, endosymbiosis and a pinch of biochemical interactions

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 222-232

  Müller, Johann P ^a,b   Hauzy, Céline ^a,c,d   Hulot, Florence D ^a,e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INRA   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Biochemicals; Chlorella vulgaris; Endosymbiosis; Exploitation competition; Gause; Paramecium bursaria; R*rule

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATE; COEXISTENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GREEN ALGA; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MONOCULTURE; PROTIST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYMENOSTOMATIDA; MICROBIOLOGY; PARAMECIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

BACTERIA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; FOOD CHAIN; PARAMECIUM; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TETRAHYMENINA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; COLPIDIUM STRIATUM; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PROTISTA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 83155175313     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01894.x     Document Type: Article

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