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Bacteria dispersal by hitchhiking on zooplankton
H.-P Grossart,
C Dziallas,
F Leunert,
K. W Tang,
Kam Tang 
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume: 107, Issue: 26, Pages: 11959 - 11964
Swansea University Author:
Kam Tang
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DOI (Published version): 10.1073/pnas.1000668107
Abstract
Bacteria dispersal by hitchhiking on zooplankton
| Published in: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
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| ISSN: | 0027-8424 1091-6490 |
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2010
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16341 |
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Conventionally, bacteria and zooplankton are portrayed as disparate functional groups only weakly and indirectly linked via nutrient cycling and trophic cascade. This study shows that by hitch-hiking on zooplankton, bacteria can travel over long distances and across physical barriers that are otherwise impenetrable to them. This has important implications for bacterial survival and diversity maintenance, and pathogen dispersal in the environment. |
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| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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26 |
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11959 |
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11964 |