Open AccessColony formation of free‐living and particle‐associated sulfate‐reducing bacteria
Author(s) -
Fukui Manabu,
Takii Susumu
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb03928.x
Subject(s) - desulfovibrio , sulfate , bacteria , particle (ecology) , sulfate reducing bacteria , agar , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , agar plate , colony forming unit , biology , ecology , genetics , organic chemistry
Abstract Free‐living cells produced colonies more rapidly than particle‐associated ones when a pure culture of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans containing sediment particles was inoculated on an agar medium. The time required for the appearance of the first colony, t r of the first order reation model [4] was 53 h for free‐living cells and 112 h for particle‐associated ones. The value of t r may be determined from the growth rate and sulfate reduction activity because the activity of free‐living cells was much higher than that of aggregating ones.