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- Wikner, Johan, 1961-, et al.
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Annual Study of Bacterioplankton Community Dynamics.
- 1991
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Ingår i: Limnology and Oceanography. - : American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. - 0024-3590 .- 1939-5590. ; 36:7, s. 1313-1324
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Bacterial growth, abundance, and grazing were measured simultaneously during a full seasonal cycle in a temperate brackish water estuary, covering diel and seasonal variability. Growth of bacteria was balanced by bacterivory on an annual basis, and observed net change in bacterial numbers matched the net change calculated by a simple Lotka-Volterra equation lacking immigration or emigration terms. Bacterial growth was dependent on water temperature below 6-degrees-C, but other factors dominated at higher temperatures. The community clearance rate of the bacterivores was stringently regulated at 0.6 d-1, showing a linear functional response within the range of natural bacterial abundances recorded. Furthermore, bacterivores showed a threshold at 7 x 10(5) bacteria ml-1 when grazing ceased, suggesting that pelagic bacteria have a numerical refuge promoting coexistence with bacterivores in aquatic environments. The observed lack of timing between bacterial growth and grazing in spring allowed accumulation of bacterial cells, but grazing exceeded growth in winter. We inferred that the specific growth rate of the bacterial community and the community clearance rate of bacterivores together determined change in and abundance of bacterioplankton in the waters examined.
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- COCHLAN, William P, et al.
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SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION OF VIRUSES, BACTERIA AND CHLOROPHYLL-A IN NERITIC, OCEANIC AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS
- 1993
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Ingår i: Marine Ecology Progress Series. - Oldendorf : Inter-Research. - 0171-8630 .- 1616-1599. ; 92:1-2, s. 77-87
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The spatial distribution of viruses was investigated in the coastal and oceanic waters of the Southern California Bight, USA, and the brackish waters of the Gulf of Bothnia, Sweden, using the direct harvesting technique and transmission electron microscopy. The vertical and horizontal distributions of viruses were examined in relation to bacterial abundance and chlorophyll a. Total virus abundances ranged from 0.3 to 52 X 10(9) l-1; higher concentrations of viruses were found in the upper 50 m of the water column and in coastal environments. Viruses with capsid diameters less than 60 nm dominated the virus community, were morphologically characterized as bacteriophages and were responsible for most of the observed spatial variability. Bacteria abundance alone explained 67 % of the spatial variability in virus numbers, thereby suggesting that bacteria constituted the major host organisms for viruses in these physically diverse habitats.
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- SHELDON, RW, et al.
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NANOPLANKTON AND PICOPLANKTON GROWTH AND PRODUCTION IN THE BAY OF VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER (NW MEDITERRANEAN)
- 1992
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Ingår i: Hydrobiologia. - 0018-8158 .- 1573-5117. ; 241:2, s. 91-106
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Plankton production in the Bay of Villefranche was relatively constant during March and April 1986 but the particle size at which the production occurred was more variable. At the beginning of the study, production was dominated by the larger (ca. 6 mum) flagellates but towards the end it was more or less equally divided between the nano- and picoplankton. There were considerable differences in the estimates of population growth rates, depending on the methods used, but on average the population doubling times were close to 12 hours for autotrophs and 24 hours for heterotrophs. As autotrophs do not grow during the night, each population was therefore doubling once per day. It seemed that each of the nano- or picoplankton populations could adversely affect the growth of the others. This could be either by simple predation or by some form of inhibition. Although nutrient levels in the bay were uniformly low, the addition of nutrients did not always stimulate algal growth. The plankton populations seemed to be both in a state of equilibrium and intense ecological competition.
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- Wikner, Johan, 1961-, et al.
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NUCLEIC-ACIDS FROM THE HOST BACTERIUM AS A MAJOR SOURCE OF NUCLEOTIDES FOR 3 MARINE BACTERIOPHAGES
- 1993
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Ingår i: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. - Amsterdam : Elsevier. - 0168-6496 .- 1574-6941. ; 12:4, s. 237-248
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The incorporation of P-32-phosphorus into marine bacteriophage nucleic acid was studied in culture experiments to investigate the source of nucleotides used by the phage. We consistently found that the P-32-specific activity in the phage genome increased during the 11 h incubation and was low relative to the specific activity in the medium, averaging 21% (+/- SD 5.9) for the three phage isolates. This was in accordance with a mathematical model where most of the nucleotides for phage DNA synthesis were derived from the host cell nucleic acid rather than de novo synthesis. We propose that this metabolic strategy may be common among marine phages, as an adaptation to a nutrient poor environment. Consequently, the contribution of free DNA to the dissolved fraction through phage lysis of bacteria, may be less that previously thought. Also during radiolabelling of bacteriophages in natural water samples, isotope dilution may be dependent on the specific growth rate of the bacterial host.
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- Wikner, Johan, 1961-, et al.
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Periodic bacterivore activity balances bacterial-growth in the marine-environment
- 1990
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Ingår i: Limnology and Oceanography. - : American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. - 0024-3590 .- 1939-5590. ; 35:2, s. 313-324
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The grazing rate of pelagic bacteria was repeatedly determined during 36-h time-course experiments with the minicell recapture technique. Die1 variation in the rate of grazing occurred in all water masses investigated. Maximal rates reached 2 x lo5 cells ml-’ h-r, whereas minimal values were 20 times lower. Highest grazing rates were found during the day in most cases, but grazing could also dominate at night as found in one study. Die1 periodicity was mainly due to variation in the per-cell feeding rate of bacterivorous flagellates. Accumulation of the bacterial biomass into the l-3-pm size fraction was positively correlated with changes in bacterial grazing. The transfer efficiency to organisms z 10 pm was low. On average, the daily grazing rate equaled 60% of the bacterial standing stock, exceeding bacterial growth by a factor of 2.6, as estimated from [3H]thymidine incorporation.
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