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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Heterogeneity of cyanobacterial gas-vesicle volume and metabolic activity |
Author: | Brookes, J. Ganf, G. Oliver, R. |
Citation: | Journal of Plankton Research, 2000; 22(8):1579-1589 |
Publisher: | Oxford Univ Press |
Issue Date: | 2000 |
ISSN: | 0142-7873 1464-3774 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Justin D. Brookes, George G. Ganf and Roderick L. Oliver |
Abstract: | The literature suggests that relative gas-vesicle volume and metabolic activity differ between individuals within natural populations of cyanobacteria. We demonstrate, using flow cytometry and fluorescein diacetate (FDA) conversion rates, that individual relative gas-vesicle volumes differed by 6.7- and 4.6-fold, and individual cell photosynthetic rates ranged from 0.026 to 0.127 and from 0.075 to 2.415 fmol O2 cell–1 min–1 within phosphorus-starved and phosphorus-replete Microcystis aeruginosa populations, respectively. The observation that there is considerable heterogeneity in gas-vesicle volume and cell metabolic activity in cultured populations suggests that this could also contribute to heterogeneity in buoyancy of field populations. |
Description: | © Oxford University Press 2000 |
DOI: | 10.1093/plankt/22.8.1579 |
Published version: | http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/8/1579 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Earth and Environmental Sciences publications Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Science publications Environment Institute Leaders publications |
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