| Title | Morphological Diversity of Marine Microorganisms on Different Isolation Media |
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| Author | Shin Hye Park, Kae Kyoung Kwon, Deuk-Soo Lee, and Hong Kum Lee * |
| Address | Microbiology Laboratory, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, Ansan P. O. Box 29, Seoul 425-600, Korea |
| Bibliography | Journal of Microbiology, 40(2),161-165, 2002, |
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| Key Words | diversity, marine microorganisms, isolation |
| Abstract | Isolation frequency of microorganisms from marine sources was examined with different media and samples collected from the coastal area of Cheju Island. From sea water samples, about 1% of microorganisms from the total number of bacteria were recovered. Microorganisms were cultured at the much lower frequency of 10^-4 ?0^-6 from other marine sources, such as sediment, sponges and corals. The frequency of duplicated isolation was examined with 140 morphologically different colonies isolated on different media. Fourteen percent of them exhibited the same morphology on two different media. The duplication frequency of the isolates among three different media was 33%. |
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