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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1986 July; 52(1): 101-107
Copyright © 1986, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Use of Metabolic Inhibitors to Estimate Protozooplankton Grazing and Bacterial Production in a Monomictic Eutrophic Lake with an Anaerobic Hypolimnion

Department of Zoology and Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602

ABSTRACT

Inhibitors of eucaryotes (cycloheximide and amphotericin B) and procaryotes (penicillin and chloramphenicol) were used to estimate bacterivory and bacterial production in a eutrophic lake. Bacterial production appeared to be slightly greater than protozoan grazing in the aerobic waters of Lake Oglethorpe. Use of penicillin and cycloheximide yielded inconsistent results in anaerobic water and in aerobic water when bacterial production was low. Production measured by inhibiting eucaryotes with cycloheximide did not always agree with [³H]thymidine estimates or differential filtration methods. Laboratory experiments showed that several common freshwater protozoans continued to swim and ingest bacterium-size latex beads in the presence of the eucaryote inhibitor. Penicillin also affected grazing rates of some ciliates. We recommend that caution and a corroborating method be used when estimating ecologically important parameters with specific inhibitors.

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Contribution no. 26 of the Lake Oglethorpe Limnological Association.

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