Faculty Mentor
Dr. Erik Zinser
Department (e.g. History, Chemistry, Finance, etc.)
Microbiology
College (e.g. College of Engineering, College of Arts & Sciences, Haslam College of Business, etc.)
College of Arts & Sciences
Year
2018
Abstract
Interactions between different species of microorganisms have a significant role in the growth dynamics within the environment. (Morris 08) The specifics mechanisms of these interactions, however, are overall poorly understood. The purpose of this study is to study the interactions between the heterotrophs Rhodospirilaceae (EZ54), and Alteromonas (EZ55) and the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus (Vol 1). Here we establish the effects the cyanobacterium has on the growth dynamics of each of the heterotrophs as well as the effect the two heterotrophs have on one another.
Interactions and growth dynamics of Prochlorococcus, Rhodospirilaceae, and Alteromonas in a coculture environment
Interactions between different species of microorganisms have a significant role in the growth dynamics within the environment. (Morris 08) The specifics mechanisms of these interactions, however, are overall poorly understood. The purpose of this study is to study the interactions between the heterotrophs Rhodospirilaceae (EZ54), and Alteromonas (EZ55) and the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus (Vol 1). Here we establish the effects the cyanobacterium has on the growth dynamics of each of the heterotrophs as well as the effect the two heterotrophs have on one another.