TABLE 1.
Abundance and culturability of the active bacterioplankton fraction in the Skagerrak Sea and Baltic Sea DCAs as estimated by MPN
| Fraction | Skagerrak Sea (15 May 2003)
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Baltic Sea (8 October 2003)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria (103 ml−1)a | % Culturabilityb | Bacteria (103 ml−1)a | % Culturabilityb | |
| Total count (DAPI) | 741.2 ± 27.2 | 1531.6 ± 25.8 | ||
| MPN-DAPI | 45.0 ± 0.2 | 6.1 | 37.9 ± 9.6 | 2.5 |
| MPN-16S | 32.5 ± 7.2 | 4.4 | ||
| MPN-leucine | 23.3 ± 4.5 | 3.1 | ||
| MPN-thymidine | 12.1 ± 2.6 | 1.6 | ||
| MPN-SAR11 | 18.3 ± 2.7 | |||
| MPN-CFB | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 0.08 | 6.7 ± 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Plate count CFU | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 0.14 | 7.1 ± 0.6 | 0.5 |
a
Values are expressed as the mean ± standard error.
b
Values of culturability are calculated as MPN/total count.