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Saprophytic and Oligotrophic Bacteria in the Plußsee

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Microbial Ecology of Lake Plußsee

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Conventionally the bacterial microflora is classified into two groups, saprophytic (zymogenous, copiotrophic) and oligotrophic (autochthonous) bacteria (Winogradsky 1949). Saprophytic bacteria dominate when dissolved organic nutrients are supplied in high concentrations. Usually they grow very well on nutrient agar, from which they can be isolated also. They are widespread throughout the whole biosphere: water, soil, and air. It is doubtful whether they comprise typical aquatic bacteria (Ruttner 1932). The fraction of gram-positive bacteria in the aquatic environment is apparently rather small, and gram-negative bacteria predominate, in contrast to the high percentage of gram-positive bacteria in soil (Kusnetzov 1959). Furthermore, the fraction of spore-forming bacteria in aquatic environments corresponds with the trophic state of the water: the more eutrophic a lake, the smaller the part of spore-forming bacteria.

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  1. Department of Microbial Ecology, Max-Planck Institute for Limnology, August-Thienemann Strasse 2, Postfach 165, D-24302, Plön, Germany

    Jürgen Overbeck

  2. Microbial Ecology Department, University of Warsaw, ul. Karowa 18, PL-00-927, Warsaw 64, Poland

    Ryszard J. Chróst

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Overbeck, J. (1994). Saprophytic and Oligotrophic Bacteria in the Plußsee. In: Overbeck, J., Chróst, R.J. (eds) Microbial Ecology of Lake Plußsee. Ecological Studies, vol 105. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2606-2_7

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