Intergeneric coaggregation among drinking water bacteria: Evidence of a role for Acinetobacter calcoaceticus as a bridging bacterium

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2008

Autores

Lucia Chaves Simoes (Autor) Outra; Manuel Simoes (Autor) FEUP; Maria Joao Vieira (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Vol. 74

Páginas: 1259-1263

ISSN: 0099-2240

Editora: American Society for Microbiology

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 61 Citações

Scopus - 73 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências exactas e naturais > Ciências biológicas

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-004-1KX

DOI: 10.1128/aem.01747-07

Abstract (EN): Intergeneric coaggregation of drinking water bacteria was tested. Acinetobacter calcoaceticus was found not only to autoaggregate but also to coaggregate with four of the five other isolates (Burkholderia cepacia, Methylobacterium sp., Mycobacterium mucogenicum, Sphingomonas capsulata, and Staphylococcus sp.). In its absence, no coaggregation was found. Interactions were lectin-saccharide mediated. The putative bridging function of A. calcoaceticus was evidenced by multispecies biofilm studies, through a strain exclusion process.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 5