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

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1259-1263

  Simões, Lúcia Chaves ^a   Simões, Manuel ^a   Vieira, Maria João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIODIVERSITY; POTABLE WATER; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

AUTOAGGREGATE; STRAIN EXCLUSION PROCESS;

BACTERIA;

CARBOHYDRATE; DRINKING WATER; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSAMINE; LACTOSE; LECTIN;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DRINKING WATER; TESTING METHOD;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SPHINGOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BIOFILMS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; METHYLOBACTERIUM SP.; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM CAPSULATUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 39649107343     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01747-07     Document Type: Article

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