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Saltmarsh ponds—a preferred habitat for magnetotactic bacteria?
Author(s) -
Sparks N.H.C.,
Lloyd J.,
Board R.G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1989.tb00235.x
Subject(s) - magnetotactic bacteria , salt marsh , salt water , fresh water , bacteria , sediment , seawater , salt (chemistry) , habitat , environmental chemistry , environmental science , biology , ecology , chemistry , environmental engineering , paleontology , genetics
Sediment and the overlying water samples were collected from 67 fresh and 38 salt water sites in the UK. Only 13% (five) of the samples taken from salt water sites were negative for magnetotactic bacteria compared with 47·7% (32) of the fresh water ones. Of the seven types of salt water habitats examined, saltmarsh ponds were found to be most suited to magnetotactic bacteria, 96% (25/26) of sites being positive.