Use of genetically marked minicells as a probe in measurement of predation on bacteria in aquatic environments

Wikner, Johan, 1961- (author): Umeå universitet,Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Teknisk-naturvetenskaplig fakultet),Johan Wikner

Andersson, Agneta (author): Umeå universitet,Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Teknisk-naturvetenskaplig fakultet)

Normark, Staffan (author)

Hagström, Åke (author): Umeå universitet,Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Teknisk-naturvetenskaplig fakultet)

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American Society for Microbiology, 1986
1986
English.
In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. - : American Society for Microbiology. - 0099-2240 .- 1098-5336. ; 52:1, s. 4-8

Abstract Subject headings

Minicells produced by Escherichia coli M2141 were used as probes to measure predation on pelagic bacteria in situ. The minicells, labeled with [35S]methionine in one specific protein, were shown to disappear in the presence of a microflagellate (Ochromonas sp.), as seen by a decrease in the amount of labeled marker protein with time. Incubation in filtered (pore size, 0.2 μm) and autoclaved seawater did not affect the amount of labeled marker protein in the minicell. The generation time of flagellates feeding on minicells was determined to be similar to that found for flagellates grown on seawater bacteria or living E. coli NC3. Data indicate that minicells are seen as true food particles by the flagellates. The minicell probe was used in recapture experiments, in which predation in situ on pelagic bacteria was demonstrated. The rate of bacterial production showed a clear covariation with the rate of predation, both in different sea areas and in depth profiles. The obtained results (11 field experiments) showed that the rate of predation, on average, accounts for the consumption of 62% of the bacteria produced.

By the author/editor: Wikner, Johan, 1 ...; Andersson, Agnet ...; Normark, Staffan; Hagström, Åke

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NATURAL SCIENCES: NATURAL SCIENCES; and Biological Scien ...; and Microbiology

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