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In Situ Characterization of Shewanella oneidensis MR1 Biofilms by SALVI and ToF-SIMS
Published on: August 18, 2017
Low-temperature growth of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
Randa Abboud1, Radu Popa, Virginia Souza-Egipsy
1Department of Biological Sciences, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy., AHF 107, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371, USA.
Abstract:
Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is a mesophilic bacterium with a maximum growth temperature of approximately 35 degrees C but the ability to grow over a wide range of temperatures, including temperatures near zero. At room temperature ( approximately 22 degrees C) MR-1 grows with a doubling time of about 40 min, but when moved from 22 degrees C to 3 degrees C, MR-1 cells display a very long lag phase of more than 100 h followed by very slow growth, with a doubling time of approximately 67 h. In comparison to cells grown at 22 degrees C, the cold-grown cells formed long, motile filaments, showed many spheroplast-like structures, produced an array of proteins not seen at higher temperature, and synthesized a different pattern of cellular lipids. Frequent pilus-like structures were observed during the transition from 3 to 22 degrees C.
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