Feeding and grazing impact by small marine heterotrophic dinoflagellates on heterotrophic bacteria
Jeong, H.Jin.; Seong, K.Ah.; Yoo, Y.Du.; Kim, T.Hoon.; Kang, N.Seon.; Kim, S.; Park, J.Yeon.; Kim, J.Seong.; Kim, G.Hoon.; Song, J.Yoon.
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 55(4): 271-288
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1066-5234
PMID: 18681841
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00336.x
Accession: 022640244
We investigated the feeding of the small heterotrophic dinoflagellates (HTDs) Oxyrrhis marina, Gyrodinium cf. guttula, Gyrodinium sp., Pfiesteria piscicida, and Protoperidinium bipes on marine heterotrophic bacteria. To investigate whether they are able to feed on bacteria, we observed the protoplasm of target heterotrophic dinoflagellate cells under an epifluorescence microscope and transmission electron microscope.