Studies of Freshwater Bacteria
- 1 January 1939
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 37 (1) , 97-105
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.37.1.97-105.1939
Abstract
Bacteria presenting the morphological characters of S. treubii and S. major were found on glass slides submerged in various lakes and streams. So many intermediate forms were encountered that it was considered impossible to separate these 2 spp. S. t. was present in all of the alkaline, hard water lakes of the drainage type, and absent in all of the neutral or acid soft water lakes of the seepage type. It was found abundantly in 2 rapidly flowing streams. S. t. is probably a heterotrophic organism utilizing the organic radicle of organic iron compounds and depositing the Fe as a waste product upon the capsules of the colonies.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Particulate and Dissolved Organic Matter in Inland LakesEcological Monographs, 1934
- Studies on the Transformation of Iron in Nature. I Theoretical ConsiderationsThe Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1927