Nutrition and Feeding Strategies in Protozoa

1 Modern biologists describe protozoa as microscopic eukaryotic organ­ isms with a capacity for establishing themselves in almost every con­ ceivable habitat provided it contains moisture in some form. In 1674 at the time when Antony von Leeuwenhoek was making his first observations of 'very sm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nisbet, Brenda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1984, 1984
Edition:1st ed. 1984
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Environments and Ecosystems: Freshwater and Marine
  • 3. Environments and Ecosystems: Soils, Biological Purification Systems and Other Animals
  • 4. Autotrophie Nutrition
  • 5. Heterotrophic Feeding
  • 6. Endocytotic Vacuoles in Digestion
  • 7 Metabolic Pathways
  • 8. Feeding in the Ciliophora
  • 9. Variety in the Mastigophora
  • 10. Sarcodina
  • 11. Apicomplexa
  • 12. Myxozoa, Microspora and Ascetospora
  • 13. Inter-relationships in Protozoan Communities