Characterization of Certain Gram-Negative Bacteria from Surface Waters1

AUTOR(ES)

Hoadley, A. W.

RESUMO

Cultures of gram-negative bacteria with oxidative glucose metabolism were isolated from surface waters by a highly selective technique, and were classified into 11 types. The predominant type, making up about 50% of the isolated cultures, was cytochrome oxidase-positive, produced fluorescent pigment, and failed to grow at 37 C. A similar type, which differed in being cytochrome oxidase-negative, constituted about 10% of the isolates. Both types of bacteria probably were composed of more than one species. A third type, composed of purple-pigmented pseudomonads, made up approximately 30% of the isolated cultures, and probably represented the predominant species. Other bacterial types isolated constituted less than 10% of the cultures examined.

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