Among them, microbial eukaryotes play significant roles in primary production4, nutrient cycling, and food-web dynamics as grazers and parasites5,6. In particular, pico- and nano-sized Heterotrophic Flagellates (HF; 1–5 μm) are important mortality agents of planktonic prokaryotes. Furthermore...
and limits on the nutrient supply for algae. Lastly, one skilled in the microbial arts understands that some bacteria produce algaecide and some algae produce bactericide. Such antagonistic species are readily identifiable through co-culture experimentation and must be excluded from the system of the ...
Examples of terrestrial ecosystem types from the oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea. From top left to bottom right: (1) Mesic old-growth lowland rainforest in southwest São Tomé, where upper strata is dominated byUapaca vanhoutteiPax 1908; (2) Vegetation on the Pico Pequeno characterize...