BACTERIA-INDUCED MOTILITY REDUCTION IN LINGULODINIUM POLYEDRUM (DINOPHYCEAE)(1).

Abstract:

:Biotic factors that affect phytoplankton physiology and behavior are not well characterized but probably play a crucial role in regulating their population dynamics in nature. We document evidence that some marine bacteria can decrease the swimming speed of motile phytoplankton through the release of putative protease(s). Using the dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedrum (F. Stein) J. D. Dodge as a model system, we showed that the motility-reducing components of bacterial-algal cocultures were mostly heat labile, were of high molecular weight (>50 kDa), and could be partially neutralized by incubations with protease inhibitors. We further showed that additions of the purified protease pronase E decreased dinoflagellate swimming speed in a concentration-dependent manner. We propose that motility can be used as a marker for dinoflagellate stress or general unhealthy status due to proteolytic bacteria, among other factors.

journal_name

J Phycol

journal_title

Journal of phycology

authors

Mayali X,Franks PJ,Tanaka Y,Azam F

doi

10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00549.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-08-01 00:00:00

pages

923-8

issue

4

eissn

0022-3646

issn

1529-8817

journal_volume

44

pub_type

杂志文章