Interspecific competition and protistan grazing affect the coexistence of freshwater betaproteobacterial strains

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-9

  Salcher, Michaela M ^a,b   Ewert, Claudia ^b   Šimek, Karel ^a   Kasalickỳ, Vojtěch ^a   Posch, Thomas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Betaproteobacteria; Chemostat; Co cultivation; Flagellate selective bacterivory; Interspecific competition; Synergistic cooperation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOREACTOR; COEXISTENCE; DILUTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PROTIST; SYNERGISM;

ACIDOVORAX; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROGENOPHAGA; MASSILIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA;

FRESH WATER;

COCULTURE; COMAMONADACEAE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OXALOBACTERACEAE;

COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMAMONADACEAE; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; OXALOBACTERACEAE;

EID: 85001555750     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiv156     Document Type: Article

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