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. 1988 Feb;54(2):613–616. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.2.613-616.1988

Aggregated and Free Bacteria as Food Sources for Heterotrophic Microflagellates

Mary Jo Sibbald ^1,^*, Lawrence J Albright ¹

PMCID: PMC202507 PMID: 16347572

Abstract

Laboratory evidence for the selective grazing of aggregated bacteria by a Bodo sp. and free bacteria by a Paraphysomonas sp. is presented. The relevance of different microflagellate feeding mechanisms with respect to prey distribution in the natural environment is discussed.

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