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SUBMITTER: Grattepanche JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6502329 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grattepanche Jean-David JD Juarez Doris L DL Wood Cameah C CC McManus George B GB Katz Laura A LA
PloS one 20190506 5
We used an experimental approach of analyzing marine microcosms to evaluate the impact of both predation (top-down) and food resources (bottom-up) on spirotrich ciliate communities. To assess the diversity, we used two molecular methods-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and high-throughput sequencing (HTS). We carried out two types of experiments to measure top-down (adult copepods as predators) and bottom-up effects (phytoplankton as food resources) on the spirotrich ciliates. We o ...[more]