Faculty Opinions recommendation of Phylogenetic relationships and coaggregation ability of freshwater biofilm bacteria.

Rickard AH; Leach SA; Hall LS; Buswell CM; High NJ; Handley PS

doi:10.3410/f.1009540.129108

Faculty Opinions recommendation of Phylogenetic relationships and coaggregation ability of freshwater biofilm bacteria.

Rickard AH, Leach SA, Hall LS +3 more2002Appl Env Micro

10.3410/f.1009540.129108

Abstract

Nineteen numerically dominant heterotrophic bacteria from a freshwater biofilm were identified by 16S ribosomal DNA gene sequencing, and their coaggregation partnerships were determined. Phylogenetic trees showed that both distantly related and closely related strains coaggregated at intergeneric, intrageneric, and intraspecies levels. One strain, Blastomonas natatoria 2.1, coaggregated with all 18 other strains and may function as a bridging organism in biofilm development. PMID: 12089055

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