Decomposing Predation: Testing for Parameters that Correlate with Predatory Performance by a Social Bacterium

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 415-423

  Mendes Soares, Helena ^a,b   Velicer, Gregory J ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 84873524250     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0135-6     Document Type: Article

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