title: Growth and Grazing Kinetics of the Facultative Anaerobic Nanoflagellate, Suigetsumonas clinomigrationis.
abstract: The functional and numerical responses of the facultative anaerobic heterotrophic nanoflagellate, Suigetsumonas clinomigrationis NIES-3647 to prey density were examined under oxic and anoxic conditions. S. clinomigrationis grew at temperatures between 10 and 30°C and in the salinity range of 3.9-36.9 psu. The maximum specific growth and ingestion rates of S. clinomigrationis were lower under anoxic conditions than under oxic conditions. Half-saturation constants for the growth of S. clinomigrationis were within or greater than the range of bacterial densities in the water column of Lake Suigetsu, suggesting that its growth rate is limited by bacterial prey densities in natural environments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University.
authors.forename: Ryuji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D058491:Bacterial Load; D052836:Heterotrophic Processes; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D058009:Stramenopiles / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D013696:Temperature; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride