Inorganic nitrogen utilization by assemblages of marine bacteria in sea-water culture
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Inter-Research Science Center in Marine Ecology Progress Series
- Vol. 50 (1-2), 147-150
- https://doi.org/10.3354/meps050147
Abstract
Stimulation of heterotrophic bacterial growth by inorganic nitrogen (nitrate and ammonium) was observed in natural assemblages of marine bacteria grown in continuous culture with unsupplemented sea water as primary medium. In the presence of nitrogenous supplements, bacterial numbers increased approximately 3-fold. These results indicate that re-evaluation of the role of heterotrophic bacterioplankton in the pelagic nitrogen cycle may be necessary.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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