Table 2.

Growth rates (micro, μ) and growth yield of six V. cholerae strains and attachment of V. cholerae to zooplankton organisms in the presence of cladocerans (clad), copepods (cop) and in the respective controls (c)

Strains	Cladocerans					Copepods
	μclad [h−1]	Yieldclad [×104 ml−1]	μc [h−1]	Yieldc [×104 ml−1]	Attached V. cholerae [cells·individual−1]	μcop [h−1]	Yieldcop [×104 ml−1]	μc [h−1]	Yieldc [×104 ml−1]	Attached V. cholerae [cells·individual−1]
Vc070521H5	0.038	11.6	−0.004	−0.2	30.5 × 104	0.026	6.5	0.040	14.5	0.2 × 104
Vc070521I5	0.033	6.0	−0.005	−0.3	11.9 × 104	0.019	3.9	0.025	5.9	0.6 × 104
Vc070301I6	0.027	6.4	−0.010	−0.5	31.6 × 104	0.037	12.6	0.044	20.3	0.1 ×  104
Vc070712H2	0.029	5.9	0.010	0.6	8.9 × 104	0.025	4.9	0.039	9.6	0.07 × 104
Vc070725H4	0.030	9.0	0.012	1.1	13.9 × 104	0.026	5.5	0.029	9.5	0.1 × 104
NCCB36033	0.014	1.2	−0.010	−0.5	2.5 × 104	0.007	0.8	0.011	1.4	0.08 × 104

All experiments were performed ‘with competition’ (2-μm filtered lake water) by the natural bacterial community, at 25°C

Each single micro (μ) and yield value is derived from one growth curve consisting of 12 consecutive sampling points