Effect of Heterotrophic Nanoflagellates on the Loss of Virus-like Particles in Pond Water

dc.contributor.author	Manage, P.M.
dc.contributor.author	Kawabata, Z.
dc.contributor.author	Nakano, S.
dc.contributor.author	Nishibe, Y.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-05T08:05:07Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-05T08:05:07Z
dc.date.issued	2016-05-05T08:05:07Z
dc.identifier.citation	Manage, P.M., Kawabata, Z., Nakano, S., & Nishibe, Y. (2002). Effect of Heterotrophic Nanoflagellates on the Loss of Virus-like Particles in Pond Water. Ecological Research, 17, 473–479. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00504.x
dc.identifier.issn	1440-1703 (online)
dc.identifier.uri	http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2760
dc.description.abstract	A decrease in the abundance of virus-like particles (VLP) by heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF) was examined using size-fractionated water samples taken from a hypereutrophic pond in December 1999, and in March and July 2000. We recorded a considerable decrease in the abundance of VLP in the 5.0 m m filtrate relative to the 0.2–0.8 m m filtrates. Decrease rates of VLP were reduced in a parallel 5.0 m m filtrate treated with cycloheximide. The loss rates of VLP in 5.0 m m filtrate varied in each experiment, and a high rate of loss was found when the growth rate of HNF was high. These results suggested that HNF consumed the VLP and that HNF is an important factor for decreasing viral abundance in freshwater environments.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	cycloheximide	en_US
dc.subject	heterotrophic nanoflagellates	en_US
dc.subject	hypereutrophic pond	en_US
dc.subject	ingestion	en_US
dc.subject	viruslike particles.	en_US
dc.title	Effect of Heterotrophic Nanoflagellates on the Loss of Virus-like Particles in Pond Water	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.date.published	2002