The Functional Significance of Bacterial Predators
Journal article published in 2021 by
Bruce A. Hungate 
,
Jane C. Marks,
Mary E. Power,
Egbert Schwartz,
Kees Jan van Groenigen,
Steven J. Blazewicz ,
Peter Chuckran ,
Paul Dijkstra,
Brianna K. Finley,
Mary K. Firestone ,
Megan Foley,
Alex Greenlon,
Michaela Hayer,
Kirsten S. Hofmockel ,
Benjamin J. Koch
and other authors.
,
Jane C. Marks,
Mary E. Power,
Egbert Schwartz,
Kees Jan van Groenigen,
Steven J. Blazewicz ,
Peter Chuckran ,
Paul Dijkstra,
Brianna K. Finley,
Mary K. Firestone ,
Megan Foley,
Alex Greenlon,
Michaela Hayer,
Kirsten S. Hofmockel ,
Benjamin J. Koch
and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract
The word “predator” may conjure images of leopards killing and eating impala on the African savannah or of great white sharks attacking elephant seals off the coast of California. But microorganisms are also predators, including bacteria that kill and eat other bacteria.