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Colonisation d'une population d'Oscillatoria rubescens (Cyanophyceae) par une bacterie epiphyte

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The presence of unknown bacteria upon filaments of the CyanophyteOscillatoria rubescens was observed in the Lake Leman (Lake of Geneva) during Autumn 1985. Conditions of this colonization and the morphology of the association are described. These bacteria probably belong to theCaulobacter group. To explain this colonization we suggest that bacteria respond chemotactically to Cyanophyte exudates.

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  1. Institut de Limnologie - I. N. R. A., 75, Avenue de Corzent, B. P. 11 F, F-74203, Thonon-les-Bains, France

    Mauricette Feuillade & Jean Claude Druart

  2. Campus de Luminy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-13288, Marseille, France

    Armand Bianchi

  3. Centre de Conservation de la Faune, d'Ecologie et d'Hydrobiologie appliquées, 1, Chemin du Marquisat, CH-1025, Saint-Sulpice, Suisse

    Olivier L. Reymond

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Feuillade, M., Bianchi, A., Druart, J.C. et al. Colonisation d'une population d'Oscillatoria rubescens (Cyanophyceae) par une bacterie epiphyte. Aquatic Science 51, 59–66 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00877781

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