Enrichment Pretreatment Expands the Microbial Diversity Cultivated from Marine Sediments.

ABSTRACT: The majority of the microbial diversity in nature has not been recovered through cultivation. Enrichment is a classical technique widely used in the selective cultivation of specific taxa. Whether enrichment is suitable for cultivation studies that aim to recover large numbers of species remains little explored. To address this issue, we evaluated the potential of enrichment pretreatment in the cultivation of bacteria from marine sediments. Upon obtaining and classifying a total of 943 pure cultures from chitin and cellulose enrichment pretreatment systems and a control system, our results showed that species obtained using enrichment pretreatment differed greatly from those without enrichment. Multiple enrichment media and different enrichment times increased the number of cultivated spec

SUBMITTER: Wang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10673404 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature