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ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY
卷 180, 期 3, 页码 211-217出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0580-1
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Archaea; microbial community; sulfurous spring; string-of-pearls; SM1 euryarchaeon; psychrophilic; genome; immuno-FISH
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Recently, a unique archaeal/bacterial community that grows in a macroscopically visible string-of-pearls-like structure in cold (similar to10degreesC), sulfurous marsh water was discovered. Here, a new technique is described that allows the fast and reliable growth of these string-of-pearls-like microbial communities in larger quantities on polyethylene nets in nature. The microbial net population, estimated to consist of about 10,000 single pearls, can be harvested once a week and the archaeal cells selectively separated by density gradient centrifugation. As in native pearls, the archaeal cell fraction obtained consisted of a single type of coccoid cells only, 0.6 mum in diameter. This novel type of euryarchaea has been tentatively named SM1 euryarchaeon. Electron microscopy and immuno-fluorescence in situ hybridization (immuno-FISH) revealed that about 100 pili-like fibers, up to 3 mum in length, emanate radially from the surface of each cell. The SM1 euryarchaeal cells exhibited a viability of about 90%. The optimal conditions for viability were temperatures between -2degreesC and 20degreesC, pH 5-9, and low salt conditions; cell viability was independent of oxygen partial pressures. The cultures stained gram-positive, the cell wall was sensitive to SDS, EDTA and Proteinase K treatment. The cells did not exhibit the typical fluorescence for methanogens and did not contain coenzyme F-420. The G+C-content was 34.5 mol%.
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