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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1988 December; 54(12): 2890-2893
Copyright © 1988, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Effects of Light and CO on the Survival of a Marine Ammonium-Oxidizing Bacterium during Energy Source Deprivation

Department of Biological Sciences and Drinking Water Research Center, Florida International University, University Park, Miami, Florida 33199

ABSTRACT

The chemolithotrophic ammonium-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas cryotolerans responds uniquely to nutrient deprivation by lowering its endogenous respiration and anabolic processes to undetectable levels during starvation, thus appearing to enter a dormant state. To ascertain whether this state protects the cells from further stresses (as seen with endospore-forming bacteria), the starved cells were subjected to two known inhibitors, CO and light. It was found that long-term-starved cells were less resistant than freshly starved cells to light inhibition. Both long-term-starved cells and freshly starved cells were unaffected by CO.

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