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THE HOST RANGE OF THE CHLORELLAVOROUS BACTERIUM ( “VAMPIROVIBRIO CHLORELLVORUS” )
Author(s) -
Coder David M.,
Goff Lynda J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1986.tb02499.x
Subject(s) - biology , chlorella vulgaris , chlorella sorokiniana , host (biology) , bacteria , botany , chlorella , range (aeronautics) , microbiology and biotechnology , algae , ecology , genetics , materials science , composite material
ABSTRACT The chlorellavorous bacterium . “Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus” Gromov et Mamkaeva, grows only by killing and consuming the cell contents of species of the green alga Chlorella Beijerinck. Of the 76 algal strains examined in this study, the bacterium attacks all 31 strains of the species C. vulgaris. C. sorokiniana, and C. kessleri, but attacks only two of 39 strains of nine other Chlorella species. Neither of two Prototheca strains was susceptible to attack. This narrow host specificity may be related to cell surface properties .