PROTOZOAN GRAZING OF BACTERIA IN SOIL - IMPACT AND IMPORTANCE
PROTOZOAN GRAZING OF BACTERIA IN SOIL - IMPACT AND IMPORTANCE
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02341429
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
CLARHOLM, M
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作者:
CLARHOLM, M
Interactions between bacteria and protozoa in soil were studied over 2-wk periods in the field and in a pot experiment. Under natural conditions the total biological activity was temporarily synchronized by a large rainfall, and in the laboratory by the addition of water to dried-out soil, with or without plants. In the field, peaks in numbers and biomass of bacteria appeared after the rain, and a peak of naked amoebae quickly followed. Of the 3 investigated groups, flagellates, ciliates and amoebae, only popoulations of the latter were large enough and fluctuated in a way that indicated a role as bacterial regulators. The bacterial increase was transient, and the amoebae alone probably caused 60% of the bacterial decrease. The same development of bacteria and protozoa was observed in the pot experiment: in the presence of roots, amoebic numbers increased 20 times and became 5 times higher than in the unplanted soil. In the planted pots, the amoebic increase was large enough to cause the whole bacterial decrease observed; but in the unplanted soil, consumption by the amoebae caused only 1/3 of the bacterial decrease.