title: Viable cytophaga-like bacterium in the 0.2 microm-filtrate seawater.
abstract: A strain of the Cytophaga-like bacterium (CLB), Nano-1, was isolated from the 0.2 microm-filtrate of natural seawater. Both cellular fatty acid and 16S rDNA sequence analyses indicated that Nano-1 is closely affiliated to the marine gliding CLB genus, Microscilla. Nano-1 was observed to undergo cyclic morphological change typical of the genus Microscilla, and sub-0.2-microm cells were formed in the late stationary phase. The sub-0.2-microm cells were repeatedly revived and subcultured. Formation of the sub-0.2-microm cells seems to be adaptive for oligotrophic growth and starvation survival.
authors.affiliation: School of Biosphere Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Elsaied
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naganuma
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003589:Cytophaga / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D007564:Japan; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S