Light as an energy source in continuous cultures of bacteriorhodopsin-containing halobacteria.

Abstract:

:The role of light as an energy source for slightly aereated cultures of halobacteria was studied, using continuous cultures with low nutrient concentrations and a low oxygen supply. A series of experiments were carried out with non-illuminated and differently illuminated cultures and with different oxygen transfer rates. Under low oxygen availability, light proved to be a decisively important energy source that allowed the populations to reach higher growth rates and much higher population densities. Oxygen influenced the growth over only a minimal level, below which neither the illuminated nor the dark cultures were affected by the oxygen transfer rate. From these results, it appears that the bacteriorhodopsin-mediated energy supply could have a very important role for the ecology of halobacteria in their microaerophilic habitats. In the illuminated cultures, cells that originated purple colonies on plates appeared. These cells, which could be bacteriorhodopsin-constitutive mutants, are now being studied.

journal_name

Appl Environ Microbiol

authors

Rodriguez-Valera F,Nieto JJ,Ruiz-Berraquero F

doi

10.1128/AEM.45.3.868-871.1983

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1983-03-01 00:00:00

pages

868-71

issue

3

eissn

0099-2240

issn

1098-5336

journal_volume

45

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