Oligotrophy and pelagic marine bacteria:Facts and fiction
Oligotrophy, or the inability of bacterial cells to propagate at elevated nutrient concentrations, is a controversial phenomenon in microbiology. The exact cause of the unculturability of many indigenous marine bacteria on standard laboratory media has still not been resolved. Unfortunately the phys...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/75e428e0-dd87-46ab-87f1-58c0c24b2a6a 2024-09-09T19:26:22+00:00 Oligotrophy and pelagic marine bacteria:Facts and fiction Schut, F Prins, R.A Gottschal, J.C 1997-04-10 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/75e428e0-dd87-46ab-87f1-58c0c24b2a6a https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/75e428e0-dd87-46ab-87f1-58c0c24b2a6a https://doi.org/10.3354/ame012177 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/47075668/a012p177.pdf eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/75e428e0-dd87-46ab-87f1-58c0c24b2a6a info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Schut , F , Prins , R A & Gottschal , J C 1997 , ' Oligotrophy and pelagic marine bacteria : Facts and fiction ' , Aquatic Microbial Ecology , vol. 12 , no. 2 , pp. 177-202 . https://doi.org/10.3354/ame012177 oligotrophy unculturable bacteria uptake kinetics marine bacteria isolation procedures FREE AMINO-ACIDS DISSOLVED ORGANIC-MATTER NONCULTURABLE ESCHERICHIA-COLI RIBOSOMAL-RNA SEQUENCES PROTEIN-SYNTHESIS RATES GULF-COAST ESTUARY SUB-ARCTIC PACIFIC STARVATION-SURVIVAL HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA AQUATIC SYSTEMS article 1997 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.3354/ame012177 2024-07-01T14:49:22Z Oligotrophy, or the inability of bacterial cells to propagate at elevated nutrient concentrations, is a controversial phenomenon in microbiology. The exact cause of the unculturability of many indigenous marine bacteria on standard laboratory media has still not been resolved. Unfortunately the physiology of such cells is difficult to investigate as long as high cell density cultures cannot be obtained. An extensive evaluation of experiments relating to oligotrophy and the cultivation of marine bacteria is presented in this review. When incorporating the findings of studies performed with molecular biological methods, the picture emerges that indigenous marine bacteria can be cultivated under certain conditions and that the 'oligotrophic way of life' is a transient characteristic. Although strong generalisations should not be made with respect to a biological system as diverse as the world's oceans, it should be anticipated that cells with unique physiological characteristics appear to exist in the oceanic system. When combining conventional physiological approaches with molecular biological techniques it is feasible to unveil the phenotypes that go with the encountered genotypes. In view of the enormous complexity of the oceanic system this will prove an ambitious, yet resourceful undertaking. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of Groningen research database Arctic Pacific Aquatic Microbial Ecology 12 177 202 |
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Oligotrophy, or the inability of bacterial cells to propagate at elevated nutrient concentrations, is a controversial phenomenon in microbiology. The exact cause of the unculturability of many indigenous marine bacteria on standard laboratory media has still not been resolved. Unfortunately the physiology of such cells is difficult to investigate as long as high cell density cultures cannot be obtained. An extensive evaluation of experiments relating to oligotrophy and the cultivation of marine bacteria is presented in this review. When incorporating the findings of studies performed with molecular biological methods, the picture emerges that indigenous marine bacteria can be cultivated under certain conditions and that the 'oligotrophic way of life' is a transient characteristic. Although strong generalisations should not be made with respect to a biological system as diverse as the world's oceans, it should be anticipated that cells with unique physiological characteristics appear to exist in the oceanic system. When combining conventional physiological approaches with molecular biological techniques it is feasible to unveil the phenotypes that go with the encountered genotypes. In view of the enormous complexity of the oceanic system this will prove an ambitious, yet resourceful undertaking. |
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Oligotrophy and pelagic marine bacteria:Facts and fiction |
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Schut , F , Prins , R A & Gottschal , J C 1997 , ' Oligotrophy and pelagic marine bacteria : Facts and fiction ' , Aquatic Microbial Ecology , vol. 12 , no. 2 , pp. 177-202 . https://doi.org/10.3354/ame012177 |
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