Gas vacuolate bacteria from the sea ice of antarctica.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 55 ·No. 4 ·1989-04-00 ·Pages 1033-6

Staley JT, Irgens RL, Herwig RP

Abstract

Gas-vacuolate heterotrophic bacteria from marine habitats are reported here for the first time. They have been isolated from Antarctic sea ice microbial communities and the underlying water column. The predominant gas-vacuolate bacterium from the sea ice is filamentous and pigmented, whereas those of the water column are unicellular and nonpigmented. The highest concentrations of bacteria in sea ice were found in conjunction with the highest algal (chlorophyll a) concentrations.

Authors & Affiliations

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Staley J T

Department of Microbiology SC-42, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, and Department of Biology, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri 65802.

Irgens R L

Herwig R P

References (3)

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Article Info

Journal

Applied and environmental microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Environ Microbiol

ISSN

0099-2240

DOI

10.1128/aem.55.4.1033-1036.1989

Published

1989-04-00

Pages

1033-6

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605801

PMCID

PMC184243

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/aem.55.4.1033-1036.1989 PMC Full Text View journal details

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