Effect of sulfide on growth of marine bacteria

dc.contributor.authorMirzoyan, Natella
dc.contributor.authorSchreier, Harold J.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-17T19:04:36Z
dc.date.available2019-04-17T19:04:36Z
dc.date.issued2014-03-09
dc.description.abstractSevere hypoxia leads to excess production of hydrogen sulfide in marine environments. In this study, we examined the effect of sulfide on growth of four facultative anaerobic marine bacteria in minimal media under anaerobic conditions. The Gram-negative chemolithoautotrophic Marinobacter sp. tolerated sulfide concentrations up to 0.60 mM, with doubling and lag times increasing as a function of increasing sulfide concentration but with no change in maximum culture yields; growth did not occur at 1.2 mM sulfide. Similar results were obtained for the metabolically diverse Gram-negative denitrifying Pseudomonas stutzeri, except that growth occurred at 1.2 mM and culture yields at 0.60 and 1.2 mM sulfide were approximately 10-fold lower than at sulfide concentrations between 0 and 0.30 mM. Increases in doubling and lag times accompanied by an overall 10-fold decrease in maximum culture yields were found for the Gram-negative chemoheterotrophic Vibrio sp. at all sulfide concentrations tested. In contrast, growth of a Gram-positive chemoheterotrophic Bacillus sp. was resistant to all sulfide concentrations tested (0.15–1.2 mM). Our results highlight the variable responses of marine bacteria to sulfide and provide some insight into shifts that may occur in microbial community structure and diversity as a consequence of changes in sulfide levels that are the result of hypoxia.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe wish to thank Dr. Gary Wikfors and Dr. Russell Hill for providing strains and Dr. Kevin Sowers for guidance on anaerobic culture techniques. This work was supported, in part, by a grant from the US–Israel Binational Agriculture Research and Development Fund (MB-8720-08).en_US
dc.description.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00203-014-0968-0en_US
dc.format.extent9 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articles preprintsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2vewo-m3ry
dc.identifier.citationMirzoyan, N. & Schreier, H.J. Arch Microbiol (2014) 196: 279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-014-0968-0en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-014-0968-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/13447
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Nature Switzerland AG.en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Department of Marine Biotechnology
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Biological Sciences Department
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dc.rightsThis is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published inArchives of Microbiology. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-014-0968-0
dc.subjectdoubling timesen_US
dc.subjectgrowth yieldsen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental stressen_US
dc.subjectgrowth curvesen_US
dc.titleEffect of sulfide on growth of marine bacteriaen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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