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Phosphorus release from Microcystis aeruginosa and attached bacterium (Pseudomonas sp.) isolated from Lake Taihu was examined using a phosphorus isotope tracer in order to investigate the phosphorus transference between the two species. Our results reveal that the amount of phosphorus released form 32P-saturated M. aeruginosa is determined by its growth phase and most of phosphorus is assimilated by Pseudomonas finally while the amount of phosphorus released from 32P-saturated Pseudomonas is also determined by the growth phase of M. aeruginosa and most of them are assimilated by M. aeruginosa. The results suggest that phosphorus transference occurs between M. aeruginosa and its attached Pseudomonas. This process makes microenvironment of mucilage of M. aeruginosa attached bacteria maintain relative high amounts of phosphorus. Attached bacteria may be a temporary phosphorus bank to the growth of M. aeruginosa, and assimilation of phosphorus by M. aeruginosa becomes easy when M. aeruginosa is in lag growth phase. Thus, the phosphorus exchange between M. aeruginosa and attached Pseudomonas in microenvironment may be important to microfood web and cyanobacteria bloom.
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Jiang, L., Yang, L., Xiao, L., Shi, X., Gao, G., Qin, B. (2007). Quantitative studies on phosphorus transference occuring between Microcystis aeruginosa and its attached bacterium (Pseudomonas sp.). In: Qin, B., Liu, Z., Havens, K. (eds) Eutrophication of Shallow Lakes with Special Reference to Lake Taihu, China. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 194. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6158-5_18
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