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WANG Jiangtao,YIN Xiaonan. 2009. Growth of marine bacteria and ammonium regeneration from substrates in different C: N ratios. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, (3):59-64
Growth of marine bacteria and ammonium regeneration from substrates in different C: N ratios
Growth of marine bacteria and ammonium regeneration from substrates in different C: N ratios
Received:January 03, 2008  Revised:August 26, 2008
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Key words:marine bacteria  C:N  bacteria growth efficiency  ammonium
中文关键词:  marine bacteria  C:N  bacteria growth efficiency  ammonium
基金项目:The Key Program of International Science and Technology Cooperation from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China under contract No.2004DFA03600; the Plan of National Key Basic Research and Development Program Item of China under contract No.2001CB409703; the Qingdao Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 04-2-JZ-88.
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WANG Jiangtao Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China jtwang@ouc.edu.cn 
YIN Xiaonan Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China  
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Abstract:
      Natural assemblages of marine bacteria were chosen in a batch culture experiments. The impact of varying nitrogen substrate concentrations and the substrate C:N ratios (C:NS) on the bacterial C:N ratio (C:NB), the bacterial growth efficiency (BGE) and ammonium regeneration was mainly examined. The C:NS ratios varied from 5:1 (carbon limitation) to 40:1 (nitrogen limitation) with varying combinations of glucose and NO3-. The C:NB ratio had positive relationship with the C:NS ratio (r=0.93, n=8), whose value was 3.77 when the C:NS ratio was 5:1 but increased to 6.47 when the C:NS ratio was 40:1. These results indicate that the C:NB ratio is a potential diagnostic tool for determining the bacterial growth in natural waters controlled by either, carbon or nitrogen. BGE decreased with the declining nitrate concentration and negatively related to C:Ns (r=-0.51, n=8). The average value of BGE was 0.20. This value was a little lower than other reports, which could be induced by the nitrogen source used in our experiments. Finally, regeneration time of ammonium delayed with the increasing C:NS ratio, which indicates that there were different metabolism mechanisms when bacterial growth was limited by carbon source and nitrogen source.
中文摘要:
      Natural assemblages of marine bacteria were chosen in a batch culture experiments. The impact of varying nitrogen substrate concentrations and the substrate C:N ratios (C:NS) on the bacterial C:N ratio (C:NB), the bacterial growth efficiency (BGE) and ammonium regeneration was mainly examined. The C:NS ratios varied from 5:1 (carbon limitation) to 40:1 (nitrogen limitation) with varying combinations of glucose and NO3-. The C:NB ratio had positive relationship with the C:NS ratio (r=0.93, n=8), whose value was 3.77 when the C:NS ratio was 5:1 but increased to 6.47 when the C:NS ratio was 40:1. These results indicate that the C:NB ratio is a potential diagnostic tool for determining the bacterial growth in natural waters controlled by either, carbon or nitrogen. BGE decreased with the declining nitrate concentration and negatively related to C:Ns (r=-0.51, n=8). The average value of BGE was 0.20. This value was a little lower than other reports, which could be induced by the nitrogen source used in our experiments. Finally, regeneration time of ammonium delayed with the increasing C:NS ratio, which indicates that there were different metabolism mechanisms when bacterial growth was limited by carbon source and nitrogen source.
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