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      Growth kinetics of Colpoda steinii on Escherichia coli.

      Applied and Environmental Microbiology
      Animals, Antibiosis, Ciliophora, growth & development, Escherichia coli, Models, Biological

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          Colpoda steinii was grown in two-stage continuous cultures with Escherichia coli as prey species. The concentration of prey and the ciliate mean cell volume, dry weight, and number per milliliter were determined at known growth rates. Steady states were reached in the second-stage continuous cultures at all growth rates. Although changes occurred in mean cell size of the ciliates and in the number per milliliter at various growth rates, the yield of protozoan biomass per unit of prey consumed was constant at all growth rates. The data were compared with several equations proposed to describe the kinetics of protozoan growth as a function of prey density.

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          407843
          242581

          Chemistry
          Animals,Antibiosis,Ciliophora,growth & development,Escherichia coli,Models, Biological
          Chemistry
          Animals, Antibiosis, Ciliophora, growth & development, Escherichia coli, Models, Biological

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