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. 1989 Mar;17(2):137-41.
doi: 10.1007/BF02011848.

Unusual bloom of star-like prosthecate bacteria and filaments as a consequence of grazing pressure

M Bianchi  1
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Unusual bloom of star-like prosthecate bacteria and filaments as a consequence of grazing pressure

M Bianchi. Microb Ecol. 1989 Mar.

Abstract

In seawater used for shrimp aquaculture in French Polynesia, the grazing of small bacteria (rods and coccoids) allowed the growth ofAncalomicrobium cells (to more than 2×10(6) cells ml(-1)) and large filaments > 10μm in length (5×10(6) cells ml(-1)). Their contribution to the increase in total bacterial number after grazing was 27.8 and 9.8%, respectively. These large bacteria are not grazed on by microflagellates, but are available for mesoplankton larvae.

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