Effect of various organic nutrients on the reproductive rates of bacterivorous hymnostomes in a freshwater canal, Shibin El-Koum, Menoufia, Egypt.
The effect of adding two different organic materials; wheat extract and bactopeptone was studied on some of the most abundant Bacterivorous Hymnostomes collected from freshwater canal in Shibin El-Koum, Menoufia. It was found that some of these ciliates prefer plant protein as wheat, others prefer animal protein as bactopeptone, someone have the ability to accommodate with both organic materials. A significant positive relationship between log doubling times and log cell volumes of these hymnostomes was confirmed.
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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Egypt.
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D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D016798:Ciliophora / Q000502:physiology*; D004534:Egypt; D005618:Fresh Water; D012098:Reproduction