Determination of Abundance and Biovolume of Bacteria in Sediments by Dual Staining with 4′,6-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole and Acridine Orange: Relationship to Dispersion Treatment and Sediment Characteristics
AUTOR(ES)
Kuwae, Tomohiro
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
We measured the abundance and biovolume of bacteria in intertidal sediments from Tokyo Bay, Japan, by using a dual-staining technique (4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole and acridine orange) and several dispersion techniques (ultrasonic cleaner, ultrasonic sonicator, and tissue homogenizer). Dual staining reduced serious background fluorescence, particularly when used for silt-, clay-, and detritus-rich sediments, and allowed us to distinguish bacteria from other objects during both counting and sizing. Within the studied samples, the number of bacterial cells ranged from 0.20 × 109 to 3.54 × 109 g of wet sediment−1. With the cleaner and sonicator treatments, the bacterial numbers for all of the sites initially increased with dispersion time and then became constant. For the homogenizer treatments, the highest bacterial numbers were observed with the shortest (0.5- to 2-min) treatments, and the counts then declined steeply as the homogenization time increased, indicating that cell destruction occurred. The cleaner treatment had the possibility of insufficient dispersion of bacteria for fine-grain sediments. Within the studied samples, the bacterial biovolume ranged from 0.07 to 0.22 μm3. With the cleaner and sonicator treatments, the biovolume peaked during the shorter dispersion time. This pattern was caused not by cell destruction but by the incremental portion of dispersed small cells. We concluded that with the cleaner and sonicator treatments, the longer dispersion time reflected the real size spectrum and was preferable for accurate estimation of mean bacterial biovolumes.
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