'David and Goliath' of the soil food web - Flagellates that kill nematodes
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'David and Goliath' of the soil food web - Flagellates that kill nematodes. / Strandmark, Lisa Bjørnlund; Rønn, Regin.
In: Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Vol. 40, No. 8, 2008, p. 2032-2039.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - 'David and Goliath' of the soil food web - Flagellates that kill nematodes
AU - Strandmark, Lisa Bjørnlund
AU - Rønn, Regin
N1 - Keywords: Flagellates; Nematodes; Cercomonas; Caenorhabditis elegans; Protozoa; Microfauna; Bacterial feeding; Predation; Food web; Trophic interaction
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Nematodes and flagellates are important bacterial predators in soil and sediments. Generally, these organisms are considered to be competitors for bacterial food. We studied the interaction among flagellates and nematodes using axenic liquid cultures amended with heat-killed bacteria as food and showed for the first time that a small and common soil flagellate (Cercomonas sp.) is able to attack and kill the much larger nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The killing process is not caused by soluble metabolites but requires direct contact between the flagellate cells and the nematode surface and occurs rapidly (within a few hours) at high flagellate density. At lower flagellate density, adult nematodes sometimes avoid attachment of flagellates, feed on them and become the dominant bacterial predator. Considering that bacterial feeders affect bacterial communities differently, and that one bacterial feeder can control the abundance of another, suggests a new perspective on how bacterial diversity and trophic interactions are linked in the soil food web. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved Udgivelsesdato: 2008
AB - Nematodes and flagellates are important bacterial predators in soil and sediments. Generally, these organisms are considered to be competitors for bacterial food. We studied the interaction among flagellates and nematodes using axenic liquid cultures amended with heat-killed bacteria as food and showed for the first time that a small and common soil flagellate (Cercomonas sp.) is able to attack and kill the much larger nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The killing process is not caused by soluble metabolites but requires direct contact between the flagellate cells and the nematode surface and occurs rapidly (within a few hours) at high flagellate density. At lower flagellate density, adult nematodes sometimes avoid attachment of flagellates, feed on them and become the dominant bacterial predator. Considering that bacterial feeders affect bacterial communities differently, and that one bacterial feeder can control the abundance of another, suggests a new perspective on how bacterial diversity and trophic interactions are linked in the soil food web. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved Udgivelsesdato: 2008
U2 - 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.04.011
DO - 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.04.011
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 2032
EP - 2039
JO - Soil Biology & Biochemistry
JF - Soil Biology & Biochemistry
SN - 0038-0717
IS - 8
ER -
ID: 10117225