Diversity of protists and bacteria determines predation performance and stability

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1912-1921

  Saleem, Muhammad ^a,b   Fetzer, Ingo ^a,c   Harms, Hauke ^a   Chatzinotas, Antonis ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning; microbial model systems; predator prey; protist bacteria interactions; trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROTIST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EUKARYOTE; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; EUKARYOTA; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POTERIOOCHROMONAS; PROTISTA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA SP.;

EID: 84884675713     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.95     Document Type: Article

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