The microbial community structure of drinking water biofilms can be affected by phosphorus availability.

Autor: Keinänen MM; Laboratory of Environmental Microbiolog, National Public Health Institute, FIN-70701 Kuopio, Finland. Minna.Keinanen@ktl.fi, Korhonen LK, Lehtola MJ, Miettinen IT, Martikainen PJ, Vartiainen T, Suutari MH
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Applied and environmental microbiology [Appl Environ Microbiol] 2002 Jan; Vol. 68 (1), pp. 434-9.
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.1.434-439.2002
Abstrakt: Microbial communities in biofilms grown for 4 and 11 weeks under the flow of drinking water supplemented with 0, 1, 2, and 5 microg of phosphorus liter(-1) and in drinking and warm waters were compared by using phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) and lipopolysaccharide 3-hydroxy fatty acids (LPS 3-OH-FAs). Phosphate increased the proportion of PLFAs 16:1 omega 7c and 18:1 omega 7c and affected LPS 3-OH-FAs after 11 weeks of growth, indicating an increase in gram-negative bacteria and changes in their community structure. Differences in community structures between biofilms and drinking and warm waters can be assumed from PLFAs and LPS 3-OH-FAs, concomitantly with adaptive changes in fatty acid chain length, cyclization, and unsaturation.
Databáze: MEDLINE