Interspecific interactions drive chitin and cellulose degradation by aquatic microorganisms

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-37

  Corno, Gianluca ^a   Salka, Ivette ^b   Pohlmann, Kirsten ^b   Hall, Alex R ^c   Grossart, Hans Peter ^b,d  

^a CNR Institute for the Study of Ecosystems   (Italy)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Ecological interactions; Flagellate grazing; Microbial carbon transfer; Polymer degradation; System ecology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA;

EID: 84940378912     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01765     Document Type: Article

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