Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Diel Migration as a Mechanism for Enrichment of Natural Populations of Branching Species of Pelodictyon

  • Chapter
Green Photosynthetic Bacteria

Abstract

Phototrophic bacteria show a wide variety of strategies for survival in planktonic habitats.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Bradford, M.M., 1976, A rapid and sensitive method for the quantification of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding, Anal. Biochem., 27:246.

    Google Scholar 

  • Brugada, D., 1966, Sulfur metabolism and detoxifying role of phototrophic bacteria of Vilar lake CBanyoles), Master Science Thesis, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Girona, Spain.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bührer, H., and Ambühl, H., 1975, Einleitung von Abwasser in Seen. Schweiz. Z. Hydrol., 37:347.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Clark, A.E., and Walsby, A.E., 1976a, The occurrence of gas-vacuolate bacteria in lakes, Arch. Microbiol., 116:223.

    Google Scholar 

  • Clark, A.E., and Walsby, A.E., 1978b, The development and vertical distribution of populations of gas-vacuolate bacteria in a eutrophic, monomictic lake, Arch. Microbiol. 16:229.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gibson, J., Pfennig, N., and Waterbury, J. B., 1984, Chloroherpeton thalassium gen. nov. et spec, nov., a non-filamentous, flexing and gliding green sulfur bacterium, Arch. Microbiol., 138:96.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gorlenko, V.M., 1972, A new species of phototrophic brown sulfur bacteria, (in Russian), Mikrobiologiya, 41:370.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Herbert, D., Phipps, P.J., and Strange, R.E., 1975, Chemical analysis of microbial cells, Methods in Microbiology, Vol. 5, Academic Press, New York.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hobbie, J.E., Daley, J.R., and Jasper, S., 1977, Use of Nuctepore filters for counting bacteria by ftourescence microscopy, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 33:1225.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jørgensen, B.B., Kuenen, J.G., and Cohen, Y., 1979, Microbial transformations of sulfur compounds in a stratified take (Solar Lake, Sinai), Limnol. Oceanogr., 24:799.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kholer, H.P., Ahring, B., Abella, C.A., Ingvorsen, K., Kewetoh, H., Laczko, E., Stupperich, E., and Tornei, F., 1364, Bacteriological studies on the sulfur cycle in the anaerobic part of the hypotimnion and in the surface sediments of Rotsee in Switzerland, FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 21:279.

    Google Scholar 

  • Konopka, A.E., 1977, Inhibition of gas vesicle production in hicrocyclus aguaticus by 1-lysine, Can. J. Microbiol., 23:363.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Konopka, A., and Schnur, M., 1980, Effect of light intensity on macromolecular synthesis in cyanobacteria, Microbial Ecol., 6:291.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Montesinos, E., Guerrero, R., Abella, C.A., and Esteve, I., 1983, Ecology and physiology of competition for light between Chlorobium limicola and Chlorobium phaeobacteroides in natural habitats, Appl. Environ, Microbiol., 46:1007.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Okada, M., and Aiba, S., 1963, Simulation of water-bloom in a eutrophic lake. II. Reassessment of buoyancy, gas vacuole and turgor pressure of Microcystis aeruginosa, Water Res., 17:677.

    Google Scholar 

  • Parkin, T.B., and Brock, T.D., 1960, The effects of light quality on the growth of photosynthetic bacteria in lakes, Arch. Microbiol., 125:19.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Parkin, T.B., and Brock, T.D., 1981, The role of phototrophic bacteria in the sulfur cycle of a meromictic lake, Limnol. Oceanogr,, 26:860.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pfennig, N., 1965, Anreicherungskulturen für Röte und Grune Schwefelbakteria. Zentralbl. Bacterial. Farasiten. Infektionskr. Hyg, Abt. 1, Suppl. 1:179.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pfennig, N., 1980, Syntrophic mixed cultures and symbiotic consortia with phototrophic bacteria, in: “Anaerobes and Anaerobic Infections,” G. Gottschalk, N. Pfennig and H. Werner, eds., Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pfennig, N., and Cohen-Bazire, G., 1967, Some properties of the green bacterium Pelodictyon clathratiforme, Arch. Microbiol., 59:226.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Stal, L.J., van Gemerden, H., and Krumbein, W.E., 1984, The simultaneous assay of chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyl1 in natural microbial communities, J. Microbiol. Meth., 2:295.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Takahashi, M., and lchimura, S., 1970, Photosynthetic properties and growth of photosynthetic sulfur bacteria in lakes, Limnol. Oceanogr., 15:929.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Trüper, H.G., 1967, Phototrophic bacteria (an incoherent group of prokaryotes). A taxonomy versus phylogenetic survey, Microbioloqia SEM, 3:71.

    Google Scholar 

  • van Gemerden, H., 1983, Physiological ecology of purple and green bacteria, Annal. Microbiol. (Inst. Pasteur), 134:73.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • van Rijn, J., and Shilo, M., 1985, Carbohydrate fluctuations, gas vacuolation, and vertical migration of scum-forming cyanobacteria in fishponds, Limnol. Oceangar., 30:1219.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University College of Girona (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Hospital, 6, Girona, E-17071, Spain

    C. A. Abella & J. Garcia-Gil

Authors
  1. C. A. Abella
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. J. Garcia-Gil
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Odense University, Odense, Denmark

    J. M. Olson

  2. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    J. G. Ormerod

  3. State University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

    J. Amesz

  4. Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany

    E. Stackebrandt

  5. Rheinische Friedrich- Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. G. Trüper

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1988 Plenum Press, New York

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Abella, C.A., Garcia-Gil, J. (1988). Diel Migration as a Mechanism for Enrichment of Natural Populations of Branching Species of Pelodictyon . In: Olson, J.M., Ormerod, J.G., Amesz, J., Stackebrandt, E., Trüper, H.G. (eds) Green Photosynthetic Bacteria. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1021-1_32

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1021-1_32

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4612-8296-9

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4613-1021-1

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation