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Chloroflexus-like organisms from marine and hypersaline environments: Distribution and diversity
Authors:Beverly K. Pierson  Diane Valdez  Mark Larsen  Elizabeth Morgan  E. Erin Mack
Affiliation:(1) Biology Department, University of Puget Sound, 98416 Tacoma, WA, USA;(2) Microbiology Department, U.C. Davis, 95616-8665 Davis, CA, USA
Abstract:We report the presence of a diverse number ofChloroflexus-like organisms in intertidal marine and submerged hypersaline microbial mats using light, infrared fluorescence, and electron microscopy. The intertidal organisms appear morphologically very similar to thermophilicC. aurantiacus while the 2 hypersaline strains are larger and have a more complex ultrastructure composed of chlorosome-bearing internal membranes that appear to arise as invaginations of the cell membrane. By comparing spectroradiometry of microbial mat layers with microscopic observations, we have confirmed that theChloroflexus-like organisms are major constituents of the hypersaline microbial mat communities. In situ studies on mat layers dominated byChloroflexus-like organisms showed that sulfide-dependent photoautotrophic activity sustained by near infrared radiation prevailed. Autoradiographic analyses revealed that autotrophy was sustained in the filaments by 750 nm radiation. Three morphologically distinct strains are now maintained in mixed culture. One of these appears to be growing photoautotrophically.
Keywords:bacteriochlorophylls  Chloroflexaceae  microbial mats  Oscillochloris  phototrophic bacteria  ultrastructure
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