I am working on the Cold tolerant Bacteria. when I did compatibility test, some bacteria that are cold tolerant are not compatible at 10 C but compatible at 25 C.
Can some one tell me what is the mechanism behind this?
Hi Abdur Rashid Khan.
Well, Temperature is likely a strong factor influencing microbial community structure.
In your experiment the cold tolerant bacteria may be are not the same strain, and these probably have different optimum growth temperatures so at 10°C one strain could affect another by released metabolites like bacteriocins and at 25°C the temperature could affect the proteins that are released including toxins proteins like bacteriocins making them nonfunctional, therefore at 25°C the communities could be compatible.
Here a link that could help you: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976088/pdf/fmicb-07-01234.pdf
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