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Main Title Bacterial Inhibitors in Lake Water.
Author Klein, T. M. ; Alexander, M. ;
CORP Author Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. Lab. of Soil Microbiology.;Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL.
Year Published 1986
Report Number EPA/600/J-86/195;
Stock Number PB87-152617
Additional Subjects Bacteria ; Inhibitors ; Lakes ; Water pollution ; Kiebsiella ; Micrococcus ; Buffers ; Glucose ; Toxins and antiToxins ; Dialysis ; pH ; Heating ; Cation exchanging ; Resins ; Reprints ;
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Abstract
The populations of six bacterial genera fell rapidly after their addition to sterile lake water but not after their addition to buffer. The decline in numbers of two species that were studied further, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Micrococcus flavus, occurred even when the buffer was added to sterile lake water. The inhibition of K. pneumoniae by substances in lake water varied with the season of the year, and the rate and extent of decline of both species were different in sterile samples of different lakes. The extent of reduction in the density of K. pneumoniae was independent of initial population size and was diminished by the addition of 10 micrograms of glucose per ml of lake water. The toxin was removed from lake water by dialysis and by a cation-exchange resin but not by an anion-exchange resin, and it was destroyed by heating. (Copyright (c) 1986, American Society for Microbiology.)