title: Bacterial aggregates formation after addition of glucose in Lake Baikal water.
abstract: For determining the process of bacterial aggregation, glucose was added into water from Lake Baikal which had been stored for seven months. In the presence of a higher concentration of glucose, the abundance of single bacteria and aggregates were higher, but the biovolumes of both bacteria were similar. Theses results mean that both free-living and aggregated bacteria have similar maximum sizes and that aggregates are forming with available organic materials. With available organic materials, the biovolume of aggregates becomes larger.
authors.affiliation: Limnological Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Irkutsk 664033, Russia.
authors.forename: Lev P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Spiglazov
authors.forename: Valentin V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Drucker
authors.forename: Tae Seok
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena / Q000187:drug effects*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005618:Fresh Water; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012426:Russia; D013997:Time Factors; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D005947:Glucose