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

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 n...

Source: BMC Ecology - November 22, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Valentina I. Pushkareva, Julia I. Podlipaeva, Andrew V. Goodkov and Svetlana A. Ermolaeva Tags: Research article Source Type: research