Bacterial Aggregates Formation After Addition of Glucose in Lake Baikal Water

  • Spiglazov Lev P. (Limnological Institute, Russian Academy of Science) ;
  • Drucker Valentin V. (Limnological Institute, Russian Academy of Science) ;
  • Ahn Tae Seok (Department of Environmental Science, Kangwon National University)
  • Published : 2004.12.01

Abstract

For determining the process of bacterial aggregation, glucose was added into water from Lake Baikal which had been stored for seven months. In the presence of a higher concentration of glucose, the abun­dance of single bacteria and aggregates were higher, but the biovolumes of both bacteria were similar. Theses results mean that both free-living and aggregated bacteria have similar maximum sizes and that aggregates are forming with available organic materials. With available organic materials, the biovol­ume of aggregates becomes larger.

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