Beijerinck and the bioluminescent bacteria: microbiological experiments in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

被引:9
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作者
Robertson, Lesley A. [1 ]
Figge, Marian J. [2 ]
Dunlap, Paul V. [3 ]
机构
[1] Delft Univ Technol, Dept Biotechnol, NL-2628 BC Delft, Netherlands
[2] Netherlands Culture Collect Bacteria, CBS KNAW Fungal Biodivers Ctr, Utrecht, Netherlands
[3] Univ Michigan, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
关键词
historical microbiology; bioluminescence; Beijerinck; Photobacterium splendidum; LUMINOUS BACTERIA; TAXONOMY; MARINE; PHOTOBACTERIUM; ALIIVIBRIO; PANSPERMIA; BENECKEA; VIBRIO; NOV;
D O I
10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01004.x
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Microbiological research in the days before specialized equipment, or even electricity, required a great deal of ingenuity. The revival of 90-year-old bioluminescent bacteria from Beijerinck's laboratory in Delft prompted a review of his work with these microorganisms and revealed their use in simple techniques for the investigation of, among other things, sugar metabolism in yeasts, oxygen generation and uptake and even the survival of microorganisms in liquid hydrogen. He used variant strains of bioluminescent bacteria in an attempt to study heredity and variation in biological systems and described one of the earliest examples of enzyme induction.
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页码:185 / 194
页数:10
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