Speed of Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis and Shewanella putrefaciens when tracking motile algae Pavlova lutheri and without the algae

Range without algae ≤126µm/s: in presence of algae when not tracking ≤237µm/s: when tracking ≤445µm/s µm/s
Organism bacteria
Reference Barbara GM, Mitchell JG. Bacterial tracking of motile algae. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2003 May 1 44(1):79-87. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2003.tb01092.x abstractPubMed ID19719653
Comments Abstract: "The addition of the 6 μm in diameter motile algae Pavlova lutheri to cultures of the marine bacteria Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis and Shewanella putrefaciens revealed bacterial tracking individual free-swimming algae. The marine bacteria travelled at up to 445 μm/s when tracking, up to 237 μm/s when not tracking and up to 126 μm/s in cultures without the algae."
Entered by Uri M
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