Environmental Regulation of the Distribution and Ecology of Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms.

ABSTRACT: The impact of key environmental factors, salinity, prey, and temperature, on the survival and ecology of Bdellovibrio and like bacteria (BALOs), including the freshwater/terrestrial, non-halotolerant group and the halophilic Halobacteriovorax strains, has been assessed based on a review of data in the literature. These topics have been studied by numerous investigators for nearly six decades now, and much valuable information has been amassed and reported. The collective data shows that salinity, prey, and temperature play a major role in, not only the growth and survival of BALOs, but also the structure and composition of BALO communities and the distribution of the predators. Salinity is a major determinant in the selection of BALO habitats, distribution, prey bacteria, and

SUBMITTER: Williams HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7658600 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature