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Abstract

Ixotrophy is a process that enables certain microbes to prey on other cells. The ability of cells to aggregate or adhere is thought to be a significant initial step in ixotrophy. The gliding, multicellular filamentous bacterium sp. CCB-QB1 belongs to the family and preys on bacteria such as sp. in seawater. Adhesion and cell aggregation were coincident with preying and were hypothesized to play an important role in the ixotrophy in this bacterium. To test this hypothesis, experiments to elucidate the mechanisms of aggregation or adhesion in this bacterium were performed. The ability of QB1 to adhere and aggregate to prey bacterium, sp., required divalent cations, especially calcium ions. In the presence of calcium, QB1 cells captured 99 % of sp. cells after 60 min of incubation. Toluidine blue O, which binds acidic polysaccharides, bound to QB1 and inhibited adhesion of QB1. These results suggest that acidic polysaccharides are needed for aggregation or adhesion of and that calcium ions play a significant role in these phenomena.

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