Experimental Listeria–Tetrahymena–Amoeba food chain functioning depends on bacterial virulence traits

Experimental Listeria–Tetrahymena–Amoeba food chain functioning depends on bacterial virulence traits

Abstract Background Some pathogenic bacteria have been developing as a part of terrestrial and aquatic microbial ecosystems. Bacteria are consumed by bacteriovorous protists which are readily consumed by larger organisms. Being natural predators, protozoa are also an instrument for selection of viru...

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Main Authors: Valentina I. Pushkareva, Julia I. Podlipaeva, Andrew V. Goodkov, Svetlana A. Ermolaeva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Subjects:
Pathogenic bacteria
Free-living protozoa
Host–parasite interactions
Food web
Listeria
Amoeba
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-019-0265-5

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