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Dumack, Kenneth ORCID: 0000-0001-8798-0483, Pundt, Julia and Bonkowski, Michael (2019). Food Choice Experiments Indicate Selective Fungivorous Predation in Fisculla terrestris (Thecofilosea, Cercozoa). J. Eukaryot. Microbiol., 66 (3). S. 525 - 528. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1550-7408

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Abstract

Thecofilosea is a class in Cercozoa comprising mainly freshwater inhabiting algivores. Since direct observation of amoeboid protists in soil is not possible, the prey spectra of their terrestrial relatives remain obscure. To test for grazing selectivity and the preferred prey of terrestrial thecofiloseans, we conducted a food choice experiment including yeasts and algae as prey. When being offered all food sources at once, the yeast cells were strongly reduced, whereas the abundance of the algae only slightly decreased. Since Fisculla terrestris thrives with fungal prey, it must be considered as a predator of eukaryotes with high preference for fungal cells.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Dumack, Kenneth UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8798-0483 UNSPECIFIED Pundt, Julia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bonkowski, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-150043
DOI:	10.1111/jeu.12680
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Eukaryot. Microbiol.
Volume:	66
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 525 - 528
Date:	2019
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1550-7408
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language GENUS LECYTHIUM CHLAMYDOPHRYIDAE; SP-NOV; TECTOFILOSIDA; ESTABLISHMENT Multiple languages Microbiology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15004