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Protistan Predation

Protistan Predation is a biological interaction in which protists, as eukaryotic microorganisms, act as primary consumers by ingesting planktonic prey, thereby structuring microbial food webs through species-specific grazing dynamics.

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4.7K

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285

Authors

149

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2017–2026

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Publications

76

Grazing of protozoa and its effect on populations of aquatic bacteria

Martin W. Hahn, Manfred G. Höfle · FEMS Microbiology Ecology · 2001 · 487 citations

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Bacterivory and herbivory: Key roles of phagotrophic protists in pelagic food webs

Evelyn B. Sherr, Barry F. Sherr · Microbial Ecology · 1994 · 484 citations

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Effect of Protistan Grazing on the Frequency of Dividing Cells in Bacterioplankton Assemblages

Barry F. Sherr, Evelyn B. Sherr, Julie Ann McDaniel · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1992 · 233 citations · Full text

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A distinct lineage of giant viruses brings a rhodopsin photosystem to unicellular marine predators

David M. Needham, Susumu Yoshizawa, Toshiaki Hosaka et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2019 · 180 citations · Full text

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Food selection by bacterivorous protists: insight from the analysis of the food vacuole content by means of fluorescence in situ hybridization

Jan Jezbera, Karel Horňák, Karel Å Imek · FEMS Microbiology Ecology · 2004 · 153 citations

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Authors

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    Susanne Menden‐Deuer

    University of Rhode Island, United States

    4 publications · 232 citations

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  2. SS
    Suzanne Strom

    Western Washington University, United States

    3 publications · 105 citations

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  3. KD
    Kenneth Dumack

    University of Cologne, Germany

    3 publications · 199 citations

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  4. BF
    Barry F. Sherr

    Oregon State University, United States

    3 publications · 746 citations

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  5. MB
    Michael Bonkowski

    University of Cologne, Germany

    3 publications · 199 citations

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Institutions

149

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    821 citations

  2. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

    Leipzig, Germany

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    813 citations

  3. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    767 citations

  5. University of Rhode Island

    Kingston, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    230 citations

  6. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    434 citations

  7. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    3 h-index

    14 publications

    739 citations

  8. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    295 citations

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Venues

  1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    AEM · 6 publications · 411 citations

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  2. FEMS Microbiology Ecology

    5 publications · 734 citations

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  3. Microbial Ecology

    4 publications · 541 citations

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  4. Aquatic Microbial Ecology

    4 publications · 384 citations

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  5. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

    3 publications · 70 citations

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