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Influence of Attachment on Microbial Metabolism and Growth in Aquatic Ecosystems

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Bacterial Adhesion

Abstract

Among diverse microbial habitats, the aquatic environment offers readily available energy sources to both autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms. Photoreductive energy in the form of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) can be transmitted to at least a depth of 100 m of much of the world’s pelagic oceanic and freshwater systems (Hutchinson, 1957, Raymont, 1980). Products of photosynthesis are either directly released by photoautotrophs (Fogg, 1966) or are introduced into the water column through cellular lysis and decomposition processes (Golterman, 1964; Mankaeva, 1966; Daft and Stewart, 1973). Such products, as well as dissolved and particulate inorganic nutrients, are effectively dispersed either through molecular diffusion or turbulent mixing, the latter being particularly important in radiant-energy-rich, near-surface layers (epilimnia). Despite the abundance of PAR and positive effects of convective, diffusive, and turbulent mixing on microbial growth, vast regions, approximating 70 to 80% of our oceans and at least 50% of our freshwater systems, exhibit exceedingly low rates of photosynthetic and chemosynthetic primary production (Parsons and Takahashi, 1973; Wetzel, 1983). As a result, biomass production among heterotrophic I microorganisms and higher-ranked animal consumers of organic matter is also restricted. Waters where such production processes are severely limited in magnitude are termed oligotrophia (Hutchinson, 1957). Most often, inorganic nutrient deficiencies have been identified as the chief factors controlling, and hence limiting, photosynthetic production in illuminated (euphotic) surface waters (Ryther, 1963; Likens, 1972).

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Paerl, H.W. (1985). Influence of Attachment on Microbial Metabolism and Growth in Aquatic Ecosystems. In: Savage, D.C., Fletcher, M. (eds) Bacterial Adhesion. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6514-7_13

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