Comparison of bacterial and phytoplankton populations under natural and laboratory conditions

Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey
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Bacteria and blue-green algae were isolated from Oneida Lake, N.Y., and other sources. The blue-green algae Anabaena flos-aquae, Anabaena spiroides, Gloeotrichia echinulata, and Microcystis aeruginosa were grown under laboratory conditions and were separated into unialgal cultures. The bacterial population living in association with the unialgal blue-green algae differed significantly from the bacterial flora of Oneida Lake. Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Aeromonas, and Zoogloea were the most frequently occurring genera of bacteria from the lake, whereas Flavobacterium, Achromobacter, and Pseudomonas were the most common bacteria isolated from laboratory blue-green cultures. Nutritional and physiological characteristics of bacteria isolated in the laboratory were more uniform than those isolated from the lake.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Comparison of bacterial and phytoplankton populations under natural and laboratory conditions
Series title Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey
Volume 2
Issue 5
Year Published 1974
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 7 p.
First page 533
Last page 539
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