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Occurrence of bacterivory in Cryptomonas, a common freshwater phytoplankter

Tranvik, Lars J., Porter, Karen G., Sieburth, John McN.·1989·Oecologia
DOI 10.1007/bf00378736
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Bacterivory was detected by incorporation of 0.57 μm diameter, fluorescent polystyrene beads and fluorescently labeled bacteria (FLB) in two cultured species of Cryptomonas (C. ovata and C. erosa), and a population of Cryptomonas sp in a humic, mesotrophic lake. Rates of ingestion and clearance were very low, and similar for the cultures and the in situ population. The in situ population incorporated 0.7-1.7 bacteria cell-1 h-1, thereby ingesting 0.3%-2.0% of the total bacterial numbers present in the water per day, and receiving less than 2% of its carbon content per day through bacterivory. Thus, bacterivory by Cryptomonas was quantitatively important neither as a sink for bacterial biomass, nor as a carbon source for the algal cells. Possibly, it served in the uptake of essential nutrients.

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Authors
Tranvik, L. J., Porter, K. G., & Sieburth, J. M.
Affiliations
  • Lund University (SE)
  • University of Georgia (US)
  • University of Rhode Island (US)
ORCID
Tranvik, Lars J.
Venue
Oecologia
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
1989
Volume
78
Issue
4
Pages
473-476
ISSN
  • 0029-8549 (ISSN-L)
  • 1432-1939
DOI
10.1007/bf00378736
OpenAlex
W2067426249
Cited by
132
References
1
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FWCI
2.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Oecologia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Keywords
bacterivory, Cryptomonas, Cryptomonas ovata, Cryptomonas erosa, freshwater phytoplankton, bacterial ingestion, bacterial clearance rate, nutrient uptake, humic lakes, fluorescently labeled bacteria

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