PSEUDOMONAS NATRIEGENS , A MARINE BACTERIUM WITH A GENERATION TIME OF LESS THAN 10 MINUTES

Abstract

Pseudomonas natriegens, a marine microorganism, was demonstrated to have a generation time of 9.8 min. This is the shortest generation time reported to date. Optimal growth occurred at 37C in brain heart infusion broth supplemented with 1.5% sea salt.