TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of an oil-degrading Microcoleus consortium by means of confocal scanning microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy
AU - Diestra, Elia
AU - Solé, Antonio
AU - Martí, Mercedes
AU - Garcia De Oteyza, Tirso
AU - Grimalt, Joan O.
AU - Esteve, Isabel
PY - 2005/7/1
Y1 - 2005/7/1
N2 - A consortium of microorganisms with the capacity to degrade crude oil has been characterized by means of confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The analysis using CLSM shows that Microcoleus chthonoplastes is the dominant organism in the consortium. This cyanobacterium forms long filaments that group together in bundles inside a mucopolysaccharide sheath. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy have allowed us to demonstrate that this cyanobacterium forms a consortium primarily with three morphotypes of the heterotrophic microorganisms found in the Microcoleus chthonoplastes sheath. The optimal growth of Microcoleus consortium was obtained in presence of light and crude oil, and under anaerobic conditions. When grown in agar plate, only one type of colony (green and filamentous) was observed. © FAMS, Inc.
AB - A consortium of microorganisms with the capacity to degrade crude oil has been characterized by means of confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The analysis using CLSM shows that Microcoleus chthonoplastes is the dominant organism in the consortium. This cyanobacterium forms long filaments that group together in bundles inside a mucopolysaccharide sheath. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy have allowed us to demonstrate that this cyanobacterium forms a consortium primarily with three morphotypes of the heterotrophic microorganisms found in the Microcoleus chthonoplastes sheath. The optimal growth of Microcoleus consortium was obtained in presence of light and crude oil, and under anaerobic conditions. When grown in agar plate, only one type of colony (green and filamentous) was observed. © FAMS, Inc.
KW - Confocal laser scanning microscopy
KW - Crude oil
KW - Microcoleus consortium
KW - Scanning electron microscopy
KW - Transmission electron microscopy
M3 - Article
VL - 27
SP - 176
EP - 180
JO - Scanning
JF - Scanning
SN - 0161-0457
IS - 4
ER -