Uptake and Incorporation of Thymidine by Bacterial Isolates from an Upwelling Environment

AUTOR(ES)

Davis, C. L.

RESUMO

Thymidine uptake and incorporation by marine bacterial isolates from an upwelling environment were studied. Of 17 isolates each from upwelled and downwelled water, 1 and 6 isolates, respectively, were found to be negative for [3H]thymidine incorporation at a substrate concentration of 19 μM. Strains lacking the ability to take up thymidine were not confined to one genus. The measurable rates of uptake and incorporation by the 34 isolates varied greatly. Studies carried out using starved Vibrio, Pseudomonas, and Cytophaga cells showed that these isolates transported and incorporated thymidine after periods of as long as 5 weeks of nutrient deprivation. This occurred in the absence of any other exogenously supplied nutrients. Overall, these results indicate that not all marine bacteria take up thymidine and that those that do incorporate the nucleoside may do so at very different rates. The assumption that only actively growing or dividing cells incorporate thymidine must be viewed with caution.

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