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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
Volume 67, Issue 1, Pages 57-68Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00606.x
Keywords
freshwater bacterioplankton; effective isolation; Polynucleobacter; dissolved organic matter; photochemical products; microbial loop
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan
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Effective isolation of freshwater bacterioplankton belonging to genus Polynucleobacter from a shallow eutrophic lake and its tributary was achieved by size-selective filtration with a 0.7-mu m pore filter and cultivation on R2A agar medium. Partial 16S rRNA gene analysis showed that over 80% of all the strains were highly similar to the Polynucleobacter cluster. Essential medium components for effective cultivation are pyruvate, yeast extract and peptone, whereas soluble starch and glucose are not necessary. Isolate KF001 (affiliated with Polynucleobacter subcluster D) has a strict requirement for organic acids as carbon sources, and we hypothesize that the Polynucleobacter cluster of bacteria could utilize compounds formed via photochemically dissolved organic matter (DOM) degradation for growth. Because organic acids form from solar radiation of DOM in aquatic environments, carbon sources that are typical products of DOM photochemical degradation were added to the medium. These compounds were readily utilized by KF001 in this study. Finally, we observed the stimulation of strain KF001 activity by photochemical degradation of natural lake water. Our findings suggest a carbon flow of DOM photoproducts to Polynucleobacter in the freshwater microbial loop.
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