DYNAMICS OF SURVIVAL AND TRANSITION TO DORMANT STATE OF NITROGEN-STARVING BACTERIA PSEUDOMONAS-FLUORESCENS

Authors
EVDOKIMOVA NV DOROFEEV AG PANIKOV NS
Citation
Nv. Evdokimova et al., DYNAMICS OF SURVIVAL AND TRANSITION TO DORMANT STATE OF NITROGEN-STARVING BACTERIA PSEUDOMONAS-FLUORESCENS, Microbiology, 63(2), 1994, pp. 99-104
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00262617
Volume
63
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
99 - 104
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-2617(1994)63:2<99:DOSATT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The dynamics of viable cell biomass, respiratory activity, and metabol ites were studied over 35 days of nitrogen starvation. Accumulation of extracellular substances inhibiting growth was observed. It was shown that a part of cells retains viability and represents resting cells w ithout any morphological changes but with an extremely low level of re spiration and high temperature resistance. The resting cells could be reactivated by transferring them to conditions of carbon and energy st arvation.