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. 1988 Dec;54(12):2890–2893. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.12.2890-2893.1988

Effects of Light and CO on the Survival of a Marine Ammonium-Oxidizing Bacterium during Energy Source Deprivation

Brian H Johnstone 1, Ronald D Jones 1,*
PMCID: PMC204400  PMID: 16347787

Abstract

The chemolithotrophic ammonium-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas cryotolerans responds uniquely to nutrient deprivation by lowering its endogenous respiration and anabolic processes to undetectable levels during starvation, thus appearing to enter a dormant state. To ascertain whether this state protects the cells from further stresses (as seen with endospore-forming bacteria), the starved cells were subjected to two known inhibitors, CO and light. It was found that long-term-starved cells were less resistant than freshly starved cells to light inhibition. Both long-term-starved cells and freshly starved cells were unaffected by CO.

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