GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL-RESPONSES IN MARINE-BACTERIA

In this paper, we present results from studies on marine Vibrio specie s, in which complex adaptive responses have been investigated. The res ults of two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis serve to il lustrate the usefulness of a global approach, and how it can be combin ed with other methodologies in order to achieve an improved understand ing of the means by which bacteria adapt to alterations in environment al conditions. The overall strategies described in this paper are part icularly useful for studies of bacteria for which efficient genetic to ols, background genotypes and in depth physiological data are not yet available.