Strategies for culturing active/dormant marine microbes.

ABSTRACT: Microorganisms are ubiquitous in the ocean environment and they play key roles in marine ecosystem function and service. However, many of their functions and phenotypes remain unknown because indigenous marine bacteria are mostly difficult to culture. Although many novel techniques have brought previously uncultured microbes into laboratory culture, there are still many most-wanted or key players that need to be cultured from marine environments. This review discusses possible reasons for 'unculturable microbes' and categorizes uncultured bacteria into three groups: dominant active bacteria, rare active bacteria, and dormant bacteria. This review also summarizes advances in cultivation techniques for culturing each group of unculturable bacteria. Simulating the natural environment is an ef

SUBMITTER: Mu DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10077298 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature