Responses to Stress and Nutrient Availability by the Marine Ultramicrobacterium Sphingomonas sp. Strain RB2256.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
M EguchiS Kjelleberg

Abstract

Sphingomonas sp. strain RB2256 was isolated from Resurrection Bay in Alaska and possibly represents the dominant bacterial species in some oligotrophic marine environments. Strain RB2256 has a high-affinity nutrient uptake system when growing under nutrient-limiting conditions, and growing cells are very small (<0.08 (mu)m(sup3)). These characteristics indicate that RB2256 is highly evolved for withstanding nutrient limitations and grazing pressure by heterotrophic nanoflagellates. In this study, strain RB2256 was subjected to nutrient starvation and other stresses (high temperature, ethanol, and hydrogen peroxide). It was found that growing cells were remarkably resistant, being able to survive at a temperature of 56(deg)C, in 25 mM hydrogen peroxide, or in 20% ethanol. In addition, growing cells were generally as resistant as starved cells. The fact that vegetative cells of this strain are inherently resistant to such high levels of stress-inducing agents indicates that they possess stress resistance mechanisms which are different from those of other nondifferentiating bacteria. Only minor changes in cell volume (0.03 to 0.07 (mu)m(sup3)) and maximum specific growth rate (0.13 to 0.16 h(sup-1)) were obtained for cells growing...Continue Reading

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