Monoxenic culture of the anaerobic ciliate Trimyema compressum Lackey |
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Authors: | S Wagener N Pfennig |
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Institution: | (1) Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, D-7750 Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | Sapropelic ciliates from anoxic mud samples were enriched and cultivated in monoculture together with natural food bacteria growing on cellulose. The ciliates lacked cytochrome oxidase and contained bluish fluorescent endosymbionts. One of the anaerobic ciliates, Trimyema compressum, contained methanogenic bacteria as was shown by methane formation. During continued cultivation, T. compressum gradually lost its endosymbionts. With SEM microscopy no episymbiotic bacteria could be detected.From enrichment cultures of T. compressum, anaerobic bacteria were isolated in pure culture. One of the strains, a Bacteroides spec., proved capable of serving as food bacteria, thus allowing establishment of monoxenic T. compressum cultures. These cultures exhibited a requirement for sterols as growth factors. The doubling time of this ciliate was 13 h at 28°C. The highest yield obtained was 2100 cells/ml.Dedicated to Holger W. Jannasch on the occasion of his 60th birthday |
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Keywords: | Sapropelic ciliates T compressum Anaerobiosis Endosymbiosis Methanogenic bacteria Monoxenic culture Sterols Bacteroides sp |
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