Catalase activity as a potential indicator of the reducer component of small closed ecosystems. |
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| Authors: | A B Sarangova L A Somova T I Pisman |
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| Institution: | Institute of Biophysics (Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences) Krasnoyarsk, Russia. |
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| Abstract: | Dynamics of catalase activity has been shown to reflect the growth curve of microorganisms in batch cultivation (celluloselythic bacteria Bacillus acidocaldarius and bacteria of the associated microflora Chlorella vulgaris). Gas and substrate closure of the three component ecosystems with spatially separated components "producer-consumer-reducer" (Chl. vulgaris-Paramecium caudatum-B. acidocaldarius, two bacterial strains isolated from the associated microflora Chl. vulgaris) demonstrated that the functioning of the reducer component can be estimated by the catalase activity of mciroorganisms of this component. |
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