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. 2011 Jul;77(13):4564–4572. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02421-10

Table 1.

Abundance of ciliates after 24 h of grazing on bacterial biofilms

Bacterial biofilm composition Mean abundance (no. of cells ml−1) of ciliates ± SD a
Childonella sp. Tetrahymena sp.
P. costantinii 3,225 ± 526 22,590 ± 8,632
S. plymuthica 2,602 ± 331 24,750 ± 2,888
P. costantinii + S. plymuthica 2,306 ± 548 31,320 ± 5,803
a

Either 500 Chilodonella sp. cells ml−1 or 100 Tetrahymena sp. cells ml−1 were initially added to biofilms.