T. japonius의 배양에 유효한 먹이 미생물을 탐색하기 위하여, T. japonicus가 서식하는 tide pool 면장 해수 및 해조류에서 264균주를 분리, 각 균주에 대한 먹이효과 실험을 하였던 결과, 각 생장단계별로 세균종이 달랐다. 즉 nauplius기, copepodite기 및 성체의 각기에 가장 유효한 먹이 세균은 Acinetobacter sp. AG-3뿐이고, Moraxella spp., Flavobacterium spp.는 copepodite기 이후에, Pseudomonas spp.는 성체기의 먹이 효과가 있었다. 이것은 tide pool속의 많은 세균중 극히 일부에 속하며, 먹이 세균의 최적 농도는 $10^6/ml$로 tide pool 평균 생균수 농도에 거의 일치하였다.
In order to fine some proper bacterial food for Tigriopus japoncus, bacterial flora of the tide pool inhabited by the copepod has been isolated and tested as bacterial food. Food effect and optimum density of the bacteria in terms of survival rate of the copepod was measured in the larval and the adult stages. Among the 264 strains of isolated bacteria, Acinetobacter spp. Moraxella, spp., Flavobacterium spp. and Pseudomonas spp. were certified as effective food for the copepod. According to the experimental results, Acinetobacter spp. AG-3 was the most effective food for all the stages from nauplius to adult, while Moraxella spp. and Flavobacterium spp. were effective for copepodite stage, and Pseudomonas spp. for the adult stage only. The optimum density of bacteria for the food was about $10^6;cell/ml$, which was the same average density of bacteria in the tide pool.
