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Bioavailability of Energy and the Starvation State

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Starvation in Bacteria

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Starvation-survival has been defined as the physiological state resulting from an insufficient amount of nutrients, especially energy, for the growth (increase in size) and multiplication of microorganisms (Morita, 1982). The normal state for most of the bacteria in the ocean is the starvation mode and the microbes, themselves, make most ecosystems oligotrophic (Morita, 1987). The latter situation results from the fact that there are all physiological types of bacteria in any environment as well as abilities to rapidly utilize various substrates. Yet, survival of the species, especially in relation to the lack of energy, is a subject rarely addressed by microbiologists.

Feast or famine (Koch, 1971), fast or famine (Poindexter, 1981),

or fast and famine with rare feast

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