Dominance of oligotrophic bacteria in surface waters above Gunnerus and Astrid Ridge, Antarctic Ocean

• Main Authors: Tan, T. L., Joiris, C. R., Glansdorff, N., Rüger, H.-J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Astrid Ridge; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/3068/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.13652

From enrichment cultures in dialysis chambers held in natural seawater tanks, 104 strains were isolated and kept in culture. All strains proved to be Gram-negative and psychrotrophic, having optimum growth temperatures of between 20 and 24 °C. Maximal growth temperatures were 30 to 37 °C, or even hi...