INFLUENCE OF MANGANESE ON GROWTH OF A SHEATHLESS STRAIN OF LEPTOTHRIX-DISCOPHORA
INFLUENCE OF MANGANESE ON GROWTH OF A SHEATHLESS STRAIN OF LEPTOTHRIX-DISCOPHORA
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DOI:
10.1128/aem.49.3.556-562.1985
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
GHIORSE, WC
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作者:
ADAMS, LF;GHIORSE, WC
Mn2+ exerted various effects on the growth of L. discophora strain SS-1 in batch cultures depending on the concentration added to the medium. Concentrations of 0.55-5.5 .mu.M Mn2+, comparable to those in the environment from which strain SS-1 was isolated, decreased cell yield and prolonged stationary-phase survival, but did not affect growth rate. Elevated concentrations of 55-910 .mu.M Mn2+ also decreased cell yield and prolonged survival, but growth rate was decreased as well. The addition of 1820 .mu.M Mn2+ caused a decline in cell numbers followed by an exponential rise after 80 h of incubation, indicating the development of a population of cells resistant to Mn2+ toxicity. When 360 .mu.M Mn2+ or less was added to growth flasks, Mn2+ was oxidized to manganese oxide (MnOx, where x is .apprx. 2), which appeared as brown particles in the medium. Quantification of Mn oxidation during growth of cultures to which 55 .mu.M Mn2+ was added showed that nearly all of the Mn2+ was oxidized by the beginning of the stationary phase of growth (15-25 h). This result suggested that the decrease in cell yield observed at low and moderate concentrations of Mn2+ was related to the formation of MnOx, which may have bound cationic nutrients essential to the growth of SS-1. The addition of excess Fe3+ to cultures containing 55 .mu.M Mn2+ increased cell yield to levels near those found in cultures with no added Mn2+, indicating that Fe-deprivation by MnOx was at least partly responsible for the decreased cell yield.