Improved Direct Viable Count Procedure for Quantitative Estimation of Bacterial Viability in Freshwater Environments

AUTOR(ES)

Yokomaku, Daisaku

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

A direct viable count (DVC) procedure was developed which clearly and easily discriminates the viability of bacterial cells. In this quantitative DVC (qDVC) procedure, viable cells are selectively lysed by spheroplast formation caused by incubation with antibiotics and glycine. This glycine effect leads to swollen cells with a very loose cell wall. The viable cells then are lysed easily by a single freeze-thaw treatment. The number of viable cells was obtained by subtracting the number of remaining cells after the qDVC procedure from the total cell number before the qDVC incubation. This improved procedure should provide useful information about the metabolic potential of natural bacterial communities.

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