SESSILE BACTERIA - IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF MICROBIAL-POPULATION IN SMALL MOUNTAIN STREAMS
SESSILE BACTERIA - IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF MICROBIAL-POPULATION IN SMALL MOUNTAIN STREAMS
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DOI:
10.4319/lo.1978.23.6.1214
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
GREEN, RB
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作者:
GEESEY, GG;MUTCH, R;GREEN, RB
Direct counts by epifluorescence microscopy demonstrated that epilithic bacteria were numerically more important than free-floating bacteria in unpolluted mountain streams [in Alberta, Canada]. Concentrations of sessile bacteria associated with the upper surfaces of submerged rocks coincided with fluctuations in epilithic algal biomass. Electron microscopy of thin-section preparations of natural samples showed that the attached algae provided a surface for bacterial colonization. This close physical relationship between the bacteria and algae [Phormidium spp., Hydrurus foetidus and Hannaea arcus] was mediated by a network of fibers which, in mass, appeared as a layer of slime covering the streambed. The relationship between sessile bacterial concentrations and epilithic algal biomass in 1 tributary suggested that in some cases factors other than epilithic primary production governed the attached microbial population.