Relationships between biovolume and carbon and nitrogen content of bacterioplankton
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Relationships between biovolume and carbon and nitrogen content of bacterioplankton. / Kroer, Niels.
I: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Bind 13, Nr. 3, 01.01.1994, s. 217-223.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Relationships between biovolume and carbon and nitrogen content of bacterioplankton
AU - Kroer, Niels
PY - 1994/1/1
Y1 - 1994/1/1
N2 - Cell volume, carbon and nitrogen content were determined for bacteria grown in batch cultures in water samples collected at five localities in western Florida, USA. Cultures were set up by inoculating 0.2 μm filtered water with 2.5 to 7.0% of 1.0 μm filtered water. Biovolumes of the bacteria were measured by epifluorescence photomicrography. Bacterial carbon and nitrogen contents were determined with a CHN analyser. During incubations, bacterial volumes doubled from 0.070±0.037 μm3(mean ± S.E.) to 0.153 ± 0.036 μm3 at early stationary phase. Bacterial C:N ratios ranged between 2.8 and 10.3, with a mean of 6.5, and were inversely correlated with cell volumes. Conversion factors for volume to carbon and nitrogen content were relatively high and variable, ranging from 0.21 to 161 pg C μm-3 (mean: 0.72 pg C μm-3) and from 0.05 to 0.25 pg N μm-3 (mean: 0.12 pg N μm-3). Small cells contained more C and N per unit volume than did large cells. The data suggested that biovolume to biomass conversion factors may be higher than previously thought and may be highly variable both temporally and geographically.
AB - Cell volume, carbon and nitrogen content were determined for bacteria grown in batch cultures in water samples collected at five localities in western Florida, USA. Cultures were set up by inoculating 0.2 μm filtered water with 2.5 to 7.0% of 1.0 μm filtered water. Biovolumes of the bacteria were measured by epifluorescence photomicrography. Bacterial carbon and nitrogen contents were determined with a CHN analyser. During incubations, bacterial volumes doubled from 0.070±0.037 μm3(mean ± S.E.) to 0.153 ± 0.036 μm3 at early stationary phase. Bacterial C:N ratios ranged between 2.8 and 10.3, with a mean of 6.5, and were inversely correlated with cell volumes. Conversion factors for volume to carbon and nitrogen content were relatively high and variable, ranging from 0.21 to 161 pg C μm-3 (mean: 0.72 pg C μm-3) and from 0.05 to 0.25 pg N μm-3 (mean: 0.12 pg N μm-3). Small cells contained more C and N per unit volume than did large cells. The data suggested that biovolume to biomass conversion factors may be higher than previously thought and may be highly variable both temporally and geographically.
KW - Bacterioplankton
KW - Biovolume-to-biomass conversion factor
KW - C ratio
KW - Carbon content
KW - N ratio
KW - Nitrogen content
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M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:0027724544
VL - 13
SP - 217
EP - 223
JO - F E M S Microbiology Ecology
JF - F E M S Microbiology Ecology
SN - 0168-6496
IS - 3
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