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.
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Sibbald, M. J., & Albright, L. J. (1988). Aggregated and Free Bacteria as Food Sources for Heterotrophic Microflagellates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 54(2), 613–616. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.54.2.613-616.1988
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