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High temperature accelerates growth of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in seawater

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
produzione e raccolta

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Abstract

Temperature is an important controlling factor in the growth activity of all microorganisms. Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria actively grow in the ocean and are known as one of the main driving forces in organic matter cycling in surface seawater environments. Whether temperature change affects AAP bacteria activity from an ecological viewpoint remains an open question. To date, no known studies have reported the effect of temperature change on AAP bacteria growth in the ocean. We here show that the growth rate of AAP bacteria exceeded that of other bacterial types at high water temperatures in the absence of grazers. The slope of the regression line of the net growth rate of AAP bacteria as a function of water temperature was the same as that for non‐AAP bacteria at all temperatures (10, 20, and 30°C); however, when grazers were eliminated, it was 4.7 times higher than that of non‐AAP bacteria. This result suggests that AAP bacteria are more responsive to water temperature increases than other bacteria and that AAP bacteria might become more dominant than other bacteria under elevated water temperatures.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 27/07/2018

AUTORI

SATO‐TAKABE YUKI
HAMASAKI KOJI
SUZUKI SATORU

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

CTR MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES EHIME UNIV MATSUYAMA EHIME JAPAN
ATMOSPHERE & OCEAN RSCH INST UNIV TOKYO KASHIWA JAPAN

RIVISTA

MicrobiologyOpen, 8(5), e00710

IMPACT FACTOR

2,710

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