Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Parasitism"

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    • Factors Affecting Growth of Bdellovibrio on Rhizobium 

      S. O, Keya; M, Alexander (Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, Department of Agronomy, Cornell University Ithaca, New York, 1975)
      The extent ofdecline in the population density of Rhizobium sp. exposed to Bdellovibno was markedly reduced in the presence of montmorillonite, kaolinite or vermiculite but not by a soil clay fraction. Increasing levels ...

    • Regulation of parasitism by host density: The Bdellovibrio-Rhizobium interrelationship 

      Keya, S.O; Alexander, M (Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 1975-05)
      Rhizobium strains of the cowpea group did not lose viability readily when added to soil, but Bdellovibrio acting on these rhizobia were found in 32 of 90 soils examined. Bdellovibrio did not initiate replication in liquid ...