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Population development of the ciliate Bromeliothrix metopoides; (A) total ciliate cell number and abundance of macrostomes fed with the flagellate Polytomella sp. and undefined heterotrophic bacteria (B); the bottom panel (C) shows the abundance of B. metopoides in control treatments without Polytomella, together with the bacterial abundance. Symbols denote mean values, error bars one standard deviation.
