Effect of various organic nutrients on the reproductive rates of bacterivorous hymnostomes in a freshwater canal, Shibin El-Koum, Menoufia, Egypt
Galal, M.; Koura, E.A.
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 23(1): 101-108
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 1110-0583 PMID: 8482857 Document Number: 410740
The effect of adding two different organic materials; wheat extract and bactopeptone was studied on some of the most abundant bacterivorous hymnostomes collected from freshwater canal in Shibin El-Koum, Menoufia, Egypt. It was found that some of these ciliates prefer plant protein such as wheat, others prefer animal protein such as bactopeptone, and some have the ability to accomodate with both organic materials. A significant positive relationship between log doubling times and log cell volumes of these hymnostomes was confirmed.