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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
Environmental and clinical strains of Vibrio cholerae were exposed to nutrient-free artificial seawater and filtered natural seawater microcosms for selected time intervals and examined for changes in cell morphology and number. Cells observed by transmission electron and epifluorescence microscopy were found to undergo gross alterations in cell morphology with time of exposure. The vibroid cells decreased in volume by 85% and developed into small coccoid forms surrounded by remnant cell walls. The initial number of cells inoculated into nutrient-free microcosms (culturable count and direct viable count) increased 2.5 log10 within 3 days, and even after 75 days the number of viable cells was still 1 to 2 log10 higher than the initial inoculum size. Nutrient-depleted coccoid-shaped cells were restored to normal size and assumed a bacillary shape within 3 h and began to divide within 5 h after nutrient supplementation. The increase in cell number and decrease in cell volume under nutrient-depleted conditions, as well as the rapid growth response after nutrient supplementation, may describe some of the survival mechanisms of V. cholerae in the aquatic environment.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0099-2240
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
930-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of nutrient deprivation on Vibrio cholerae.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study