Active uptake of artificial particles in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1178-1183

  Kiyama, Yuya ^a   Miyahara, Kohji ^a   Ohshima, Yasumi ^a,b  

^a SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; C. elegans; Chemical sense; Food discrimination; Microspheres; Nematode

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84858638966     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.067199     Document Type: Article

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