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Novitsky JA, Morita RY. Survival of a psychrophilic marine Vibrio under long-term nutrient starvation. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1977;33(3):635-41doi: 10.1128/aem.33.3.635-641.1977.
Novitsky, J. A., & Morita, R. Y. (1977). Survival of a psychrophilic marine Vibrio under long-term nutrient starvation. Applied and environmental microbiology, 33(3), 635-41. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.33.3.635-641.1977
Novitsky, J A, and Morita, R Y. "Survival of a psychrophilic marine Vibrio under long-term nutrient starvation." Applied and environmental microbiology vol. 33,3 (1977): 635-41. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.33.3.635-641.1977
Novitsky JA, Morita RY. Survival of a psychrophilic marine Vibrio under long-term nutrient starvation. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1977 Mar;33(3):635-41. doi: 10.1128/aem.33.3.635-641.1977. PMID: 16345219; PMCID: PMC170737.
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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1977 Mar;33(3):635-41. doi: 10.1128/aem.33.3.635-641.1977.

Survival of a psychrophilic marine Vibrio under long-term nutrient starvation.

Applied and environmental microbiology

J A Novitsky, R Y Morita

Affiliations

  1. Department of Microbiology and School of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331.

PMID: 16345219 PMCID: PMC170737 DOI: 10.1128/aem.33.3.635-641.1977

Abstract

Ant-300, a psychrophilic marine vibrio isolated from the surface water of the Antarctic convergence, was starved for periods of more than 1 year. During the first week of starvation, cell numbers increased from 100 to 800% of the initial number of cells. Fifty percent of the starved cells remained viable for 6 to 7 weeks while a portion of the population remained viable for more than 1 year. During the first 2 days of starvation, the endogenous respiration of the cells decreased over 80%. After 7 days, respiration had been reduced to 0.0071% total carbon respired per hour and remained constant thereafter. After 6 weeks of starvation, 46% of the cellular deoxyribonucleic acid had been degraded. Observation of the cellular deoxyribonucleic acid with Feulgen staining before starvation showed the average number of nuclear bodies per cell varied from 1.44 to 4.02 depending on the age of the culture. A linear relationship was found between the number of nuclear bodies per cell and the increase in cell numbers upon starvation. Our data suggest that Ant-300 is capable of surviving long periods of time with little or no nutrients and is therefore well adapted for the sparse nutrient conditions of the colder portions of the open ocean.

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