Aggregated and free bacteria as food sources for heterotrophic microflagellates.
Laboratory evidence for the selective grazing of aggregated bacteria by a Bodo sp. and free bacteria by a Paraphysomonas sp. is presented. The relevance of different microflagellate feeding mechanisms with respect to prey distribution in the natural environment is discussed.
Sibbald
M J
MJ
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Albright
L J
LJ