Predation Response of Vibrio fischeri Biofilms to Bacterivorus Protists
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Predation response of Vibrio fischeri biofilms to bacterivorus protists.
Vibrio fischeri proliferates in a sessile, stable community known as a biofilm, which is one alternative survival strategy of its life cycle. Although this survival strategy provides adequate protection from abiotic factors, marine biofilms are still susceptible to grazing by bacteria-consuming protozoa. Subsequently, grazing pressure can be controlled by certain defense mechanisms that confer ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.02710-12