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Unusual bloom of star-like prosthecate bacteria and filaments as a consequence of grazing pressure

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In seawater used for shrimp aquaculture in French Polynesia, the grazing of small bacteria (rods and coccoids) allowed the growth ofAncalomicrobium cells (to more than 2×106 cells ml−1) and large filaments > 10μm in length (5×106 cells ml−1). Their contribution to the increase in total bacterial number after grazing was 27.8 and 9.8%, respectively. These large bacteria are not grazed on by microflagellates, but are available for mesoplankton larvae.

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  1. Microbiologie Marine, CNRS Campus de Luminy Case 907, Route Léon Lachamp, 13288, Marseille Cedex 9, France

    Micheline Bianchi

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Bianchi, M. Unusual bloom of star-like prosthecate bacteria and filaments as a consequence of grazing pressure. Microb Ecol 17, 137–141 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02011848

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