bacterial production and factors limiting bacterial production biosope project france van wambeke
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Bacterial production and factors limiting bacterial production
BIOSOPE project
France Van Wambeke
LMGEM, Marseille
Villefranche-sur-Mer, presentation 27/01/2004
- Studying bacterial production in extreme oligotrophy
- Looking for factors controlling heterotrophic bacterial growth along :
- surface gradients- vertical gradients- diel cycle
- Studying one functional diversity aspect in heterotrophic bacteria : phosphatase alkaline activity in relation to P cycle
Specific objectives
- 3H leucine incorporation into proteins :- total (microcentrifuge technique)- size class (0,2 and 0,6 µm), relation P cycle (coll T
Moutin)- microautoradiography - FISH, relation bacterial
diversity (coll P Lebaron)
Methodologies : bacterial production
DAPI
CY3
Transmitted light
micro-fish probe eub338 CY3Surface water DYFAMED, mars 2003
Coll D kirchman, M Cottrell, Lewes, July 2003
Experience with MICRO-FISH
Expected results : Percentage of active cells Identification of specific active groups
- 3H leucine incorporation into proteins :- total (microcentrifuge technique)- size class (0,2 and 0,6 µm), relation P cycle (coll T
Moutin)- microautoradiography - FISH, relation bacterial
diversity (coll P Lebaron)
- Enrichment experiments (bioassays)
Methodologies
Enrichment experimentsTo determine factors limiting heterotrophic bacterial production
Nitrate/Ammonium 2 µMphosphate 0.25 µM
glucose 10 µM C
Addition of all elementsunenriched
N P G
NPG
Surface sea water, pre-filtered through 60 µm
Fe
In areas of potential Fe limitation (coll S. Blain)
Fe NPG
Methodology : bioassays
Running sea-water bath
Incubation 24-48 h under in situ – simulated conditions
....
- bacterial abundance - bacterial production- ectoenzymatic activity- bacterial diversity
Then subsampling for :
Volume incubated varying according final parameters ; 60 to 500 ml
Methodology : bioassays
- 3H leucine incorporation into proteins :- total (microcentrifuge technique)- size class (0,2 and 2 µm), relation P cycle (coll T
Moutin)- microautoradiography - FISH, relation bacterial
diversity (coll P Lebaron)
- Enrichment experiments (bioassays)
- Ectoenzyme activities : phosphatase and aminopeptidase activities with fluorogenic substrates.
=> Ratio of both activities related to N vs P limitation of heterotrophic bacteria (inducible enzymes)
=> functional diversity of phosphatase-positive cells
Methodologies
Cell membrane
Alkaline
phosphatase
MUF-PO4
MUF fluorescent, soluble and diffusible
Classical method (spectrofluorimetry)
- quantitative
- global flux
- kinetic approach (Vm, Km)
- do not allow detection of the origin of activity
Use of fluorogenic substrate.Looking for bacteria expressing phosphatase activity, a proxy for phosphorus
limitation
Alkaline
phosphatase
ELF-PO4
New method (epifluorescence microscopy):
- qualitative
- allows detection of the origin of the activityELF
fluorescent, insoluble
Methodolology : phosphatase activity
- Short-term stations : noon cast ?
9 layers 0-200 m bacterial production (total) ------------------ 50 mlSurface layer ------------------------------------------------------ 2.3 liters
phosphatase, aminopeptidase activities, size class BPbioassay experiment
- Long occupation stations (gyres, Marquises, Upwelling):
1) Focusing vertical variability of limiting factorson noon cast : ---------------------------------------------------- 2,3 liters
size class BP 0.2 and 2 µm phosphatase, aminopeptidase activitiesbioasssays along vertical profiles
2) Focusing diel variability of limiting factors (Marquises)On surface layers, every 3 hours -------------------------------- 500 ml- Size class BP 0.2 and 2 µm - phosphatase activitiesOn surface layers, four times a day---------------------------------- 2,3 litersstarting a bioassay experiment
Sampling strategy
- Bacterial production during UV biodegradation experiments (coll M Tedetti, R Sempéré)
- Bacterial production on surface – microlayer- Bacterial diversity (coll P. Lebaron, I Obernosterer)
Other collaborations