Determination of the trophic mode of Beggiatoa spp. found at hydrocarbon seeps on the continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico /
and non-pigmented filaments to have rounded ends, cells which
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | and non-pigmented filaments to have rounded ends, cells which appear hollow, and other characteristic traits of Beggiatoa. assays, and DNA extraction, amplification, and probing C02 by whole, live cells, and RuBisCo assays using cell free chemoautotrophic capability. Whether they are mixotrophic or chemoautotrophic, mixotrophic, and heterotrophic. chemoautotrophic. Pigmented filaments were shown to possess collected via the slurp mechanism of the DSV Johnson Sea dependence on organic compounds as a carbon source precludes did not hybridize with a Pisum sativum probe. The environment capable of supporting a Beggiatoa population experiments were used to determine the trophic mode of the extract, showed non-pigmented filaments to be capable of filament width class represented, most likely, a single filamentous, sulfur oxidizing Beggiatoa, are prevalent at filaments. A non-pigmented sample that contained only one for energy, categorizes the non-pigmented filaments as functioning in three distinct trophic modes: geochemical nature of hydrocarbon seeps creates an heterotrophic depends on the source of energy used and was hydrocarbon seeps located on the continental slope of the hydrothermal vents. Microscopic analysis revealed pigmented indicated the capacity for H2S oxidation. Incorporation Of Link. Microscopic analysis was used to determine filament little C02 incorporation ability. Their consequent non-pigmented Beggiatoa DNA. However, the non-pigmented DNA non-pigmented sample and one pigmented sample indicated the northern Gulf of Mexico. Samples of both filament types were not clearly determined in this study. PCR using primers from observed in both pigmented and nonpigmented samples may Pigmented and non-pigmented bacterial mats, which consist of possible amplification of the RuBisCo gene in pigmented and presence of more than one species. Very wide filaments primary carbon source along with the ability to oxidize H2S represent a species endemic to hydrocarbon seeps and significant C02 fixation. This ability to use C02 as the species. The wide range of filament widths found in a second Sulfur granules in both pigmented and non-pigmented cells the large subunit of the RuBisCo gene from Zea showed width and morphology. C02 incorporation experiments, RuBisCo |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Oceanography". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | x, 64 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |