Contrasting effects of ultraviolet radiation on the growth efficiency of freshwater bacteria |
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Authors: | Paul Hörtnagl María Teresa Pérez Ruben Sommaruga |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Aquatic Photobiology and Plankton Ecology, Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria; |
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Abstract: | In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the growth efficiency of freshwater bacteria is differentially affected by ultraviolet
radiation (UVR, 280–400 nm) as mediated through changes in their production and respiration rates. Five bacterial strains
affiliated to Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, and Actinobacteria were isolated from different freshwater habitats and exposed in the laboratory to photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)
and PAR + UVR, or kept in the dark for 4 h. Afterward, bacterial carbon production and respiration were assessed by measuring
leucine incorporation and oxygen consumption rates, respectively. Ultraviolet radiation decreased significantly the bacterial
production of Acidovorax sp., Pseudomonas sp. and Actinobacterium MHWTa3, and the respiration rate of Acidovorax sp. and Acinetobacter lwoffii. Measurements of respiration of a natural bacterial community collected from the same lake where A. lwoffii was isolated resulted in significantly higher rates after exposure to PAR + UVR than in the dark. In the presence of UVR,
bacterial growth efficiency significantly decreased in Acidovorax sp., Pseudomonas sp., and Actinobacterium MHWTa3, but it increased in A. lwoffii or it remained unchanged in Sphingomonas sp. Our results indicate that although the outcome was strain-specific, UVR has the potential to alter the efficiency by
which dissolved organic matter is transformed into bacterial biomass and thus to affect the biogeochemical carbon cycle. |
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