PMID- 15179602
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040629
LR  - 20190227
IS  - 1139-6709 (Print)
IS  - 1139-6709 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 1
DP  - 2004 Mar
TI  - Competition for polymers among heterotrophic bacteria, isolated from particles of 
      the Equatorial Atlantic.
PG  - 13-8
AB  - Three heterotrophic bacterial strains, isolated from organic particles of the 
      upper water column of the Equatorial Atlantic, taken during a cruise on the R/V 
      METEOR (1997), were investigated concerning their physiological and phylogenetic 
      properties using classic microbiological and modern molecular-biological methods. 
      All isolates are gram-negative rods able to use polymers such as cellulose, 
      chitin or starch as sole carbon source. The phylogeny of these isolates was 
      investigated by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and 16S rDNA 
      sequencing. The three isolated strains belong to the Cytophaga/Flavobacteria, 
      gamma-Proteobacteria (Marinobacter sp.), and alpha-Proteobacteria (Sulfitobacter 
      pontiacus). In order to study succession during growth on polymers naturally 
      occurring in marine habitats, FISH was used as a new approach to detect cells 
      from different phylogenetic clusters in the course of a single growth experiment. 
      Mixed cultures consisting of the isolated strains in equal amounts were incubated 
      with cellulose, chitin or starch. Isolate 4301-10/2, a member of the 
      gamma-Proteobacteria, dominated in mixed cultures growing on cellulose, chitin, 
      or starch after only 10 days, with 55, 60, and 95%, respectively, of cells 
      hybridizing with 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI).
FAU - Berkenheger, Imke
AU  - Berkenheger I
AD  - Department of Marine Microbiology, Center for Environmental Research, Bremen, 
      Germany.
FAU - Fischer, Ulrich
AU  - Fischer U
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int Microbiol
JT  - International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for 
      Microbiology
JID - 9816585
RN  - 0 (Polymers)
SB  - IM
MH  - Atlantic Ocean
MH  - Bacteria/classification/*growth & development/*isolation & 
      purification/metabolism
MH  - Climate
MH  - Gram-Negative Bacteria/classification/growth & development/isolation & 
      purification/*metabolism
MH  - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
MH  - Phylogeny
MH  - Polymers/*pharmacokinetics
MH  - *Water Microbiology
EDAT- 2004/06/05 05:00
MHDA- 2004/06/30 05:00
CRDT- 2004/06/05 05:00
PHST- 2004/06/05 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/06/30 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/06/05 05:00 [entrez]
AID - im2304003 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Microbiol. 2004 Mar;7(1):13-8.