Bacteria in the coelenteron of Anthozoa: Control of coelenteric bacterial density by the coelenteric fluid

Gerhard J. Herndl; Branko Velimirov

doi:10.1016/0022-0981(85)90153-4

Bacteria in the coelenteron of Anthozoa: Control of coelenteric bacterial density by the coelenteric fluid

Gerhard J. Herndl
, Branko Velimirov

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Abstract

Coelenteric bacterial densities of four Mediterranean anthozoan species, Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt), Anemonia sulcata (Pennant), Leptopsammia pruvoti (Lac.-Duth.), Cladocora cespitosa (L.) and one tropical species, Stoichactis giganteum (Forskal) were investigated in situ and under controlled laboratory conditions. Bacterial densities of the coelenteric fluid (CF) of all species obtained from in situ investigations were generally higher than those of the ambient water. Incubation experiments with the CF indicate that all species release bacteriolytic substances if bacterial number exceeds a threshold density; below this critical value there is a build-up of bacteria in the coelenteron.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	115-130
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Volume	93
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(85)90153-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1985

Funding

This study was supportedb y the Hochschuljubilaumsstiftunbgy, a grant of the Auslandsstudentendienofs tth e Universityo f Viennaa ndby the Fonds zur Fdrderung wiss.F orschungP, roject4 71 7.T he hospitalityo f E. Fresi att heL aboratoriod i Ecologia de1B enthos,I schia and of S. 0. Allela of the Kenya Marine and FisheriesR esearch InstituteM ombasa( KMFRI) is gratefullya cknowledgedW. e are indebtedt o R. and G. Krauss for carefullyp erformingin situ work in Kenya. Furthermorew, e want to thank P. Ktihschehnf or his invaluableh elp duringf ield investigationisn Yugoslavia, an anonymousre fereea, nd C. R. Wilkinsonf or his commentso n an earlierv ersiono f the manuscriptM, . Stachowitschfo r correctingt he Englisht ext.E. F. Abel and J. A. Ott providedl aboratoryf acilitiesa t the Universityo f Vienna.T his and their fruitful commentso n formerd raftso f the manuscripat re gratefullya cknowledged.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 14 Life Below Water

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106021 Marine biology

Keywords

Anemonia sulcata
Anthozoa
bacteria-Anthozoa association
bacteriolysis
Cladocora cespitosa
coelenteric bacteria
Leptopsammia pruvoti
Parazoanthus axinellae
Stoichactis giganteum

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