| Abstract: | Time series incubations were conducted to provide estimates for the size selectivities and rates of protistan grazing that may be occurring in a sandy, contaminated aquifer. The experiments involved four size classes of fluorescently labeled groundwater bacteria (FLB) and 2- to 3-??m-long nanoflagellates, primarily Spumella guttula (Ehrenberg) Kent, that were isolated from contaminated aquifer sediments (Cape Cod, Mass.). The greatest uptake and clearance rates (0.77 bacteria flagellate-1 ?? h-1 and 1.4 nl. flagellate-1 ?? h-1, respectively) were observed for 0.8- to 1.5-??m- long FLB (0.21-??m3 average cell volume), which represent the fastest growing bacteria within the pore fluids of the contaminated aquifer sediments. The 19:1 to 67:1 volume ratios of nanoflagellate predators to preferred bacterial prey were in the lower end of the range commonly reported for other aquatic habitats. The grazing data suggest that the aquifer nanoflagellates can consume as much as 12 to 74% of the unattached bacterial community in 1 day and are likely to have a substantive effect upon bacterial degradation of organic groundwater contaminants. |
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| Citation Author: | Kinner, N. E.; Harvey, R. W.; Blakeslee, K.; Novarino, G.; Meeker, L. D. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Size-selective predation on groundwater bacteria by nanoflagellates in an organic-contaminated aquifer; 1998; Article; Journal; Applied and Environmental Microbiology; Kinner, N. E.; Harvey, R. W.; Blakeslee, K.; Novarino, G.; Meeker, L. D. |
| Citation Start Page: | 618 |
| Citation Volume: | 64 |
| Citation Year: | 1998 |
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| Text: | Size-selective predation on groundwater bacteria by nanoflagellates in an organic-contaminated aquifer; 1998; Article; Journal; Applied and Environmental Microbiology; Kinner, N. E.; Harvey, R. W.; Blakeslee, K.; Novarino, G.; Meeker, L. D. |
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| Date Other: | Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00 -0600 |
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