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Morphological characterization of small cells resulting from nutrient starvation of a psychrophilic marine vibrio.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 32 ·No. 4 ·1976-10-00 ·Pages 617-22

Novitsky JA, Morita RY

Abstract

Upon starvation, Ant-300, a psychrophilic marine vibrio, was observed to decrease in size and change in shape from a rod to a coccus. After 3 weeks of starvation 50% of the starved population was able to pass through a filter with a pore size of 0.4 mum. Electron microscopy of thin sections of the small cells revealed normal cell structure except for an enlarged periplasmic space. When inoculated into a fresh medium, starved cells growth without a significant lag and regained "normal" size and shape within 48 h.

MeSH Terms
Arctic Regions Seawater Vibrio/cytology,metabolism,ultrastructure Water Microbiology
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Novitsky J A
Morita R Y
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Article Info
Journal
Applied and environmental microbiology
Abbr.
Appl Environ Microbiol
ISSN
0099-2240
DOI
10.1128/aem.32.4.617-622.1976
Published
1976-10-00
Pages
617-22
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7605801
PMCID
PMC170316
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/aem.32.4.617-622.1976 PMC Full Text View journal details
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