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The response of the bacterial strainsComamonas acidovorans PX54 (β subclass of the classProteobacteria ) andVibrio strain CB5 (γ subclass of the classProteobacteria ) to grazing by the bacterivorous flagellateOchromonas sp. was examined in one-stage chemostat experiments under conditions of low growth rates with a complex carbon source. The two bacterial strains were cultured together; they were cultured without flagellates in the first phase of the experiments and in the presence of the flagellates in the second phase. Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies were used to determine the numbers and sizes ofC. acidovorans PX54 andVibrio strain CB5 cells. The flagellates caused strong changes in total bacterial cell numbers, in the relative abundances of the individual bacterial strains, and in bacterial cell size distribution.Vibrio strain CB5 dominated the total bacterial cell numbers during the flagellate-free phase of the experiments with a relative abundance of 93%, but this declined to 33% after inoculation with the flagellate. In contrast toVibrio strain CB5,C. acidovorans PX54 responded to grazing with a strong expansion of cell length distribution toward large, filamentous cells. These changes in cell morphology resulted in a high percentage of inedible cells in theC. acidovorans PX54 population but not in theVibrio strain CB5 population, which caused the observed change in the relative abundances of the strains. Batch culture experiments without the flagellate demonstrated that the elongation ofC. acidovorans PX54 cells was dependent on their growth rate. This indicates that the occurrence of filamentousC. acidovorans PX54 cells is not a direct response to chemical stimuli released by the flagellates but rather a response to increased growth rates due to flagellate grazing.

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Grazing Pressure by a Bacterivorous Flagellate Reverses the Relative Abundance of<i>Comamonas acidovorans</i>PX54 and<i>Vibrio</i>Strain CB5 in Chemostat Cocultures

Grazing Pressure by a Bacterivorous Flagellate Reverses the Relative Abundance ofComamonas acidovoransPX54 andVibrioStrain CB5 in Chemostat Cocultures