“…However, bacteria have been isolated which can grow in the natural concentrations of organic matter found in sea water (Carlucci and Shimp, 1974), moTeover, these bacteria not only survive, as is the case for some bacteria, but can grow in these low nutrient waters (Jannasch, 1967(Jannasch, , 1969. Numerous additional reports of bacterial stimulation and inhibition by algal release products can be cited (Steeman-Nielsen, 1955;Allen and Dawson, 1960;Vaccaro et al, 1968;Fitzgerald, 1969;Berland et al, 1970;Allen, 1971;Bell and Mitchell, 1972;_Belly et al, 1973;Bauld and Brock, 1974.;Bell et al, 1974) . .…”