Polysaccharides and proteins added to flowing drinking water at microgram-per-liter levels promote the formation of biofilms predominated by Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2360-2371

  Sack, Eveline L W ^a   van der Wielen, Paul W J J ^a   van der Kooij, Dick ^a  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPECTINS; BACTERIA; BIOMOLECULES; ENZYMES; MALTOSE; PROTEINS; RNA; SUBSTRATES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WATER;

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CATABOLIC REPRESSION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; MICROGRAM-PER-LITER LEVEL; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE; CATABOLISM; DOMINANCE; DRINKING WATER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; RNA; SUBSTRATE;

BACTERIAL DNA; DRINKING WATER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTEROIDETES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTEROIDETES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRINKING WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84896918998     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.04105-13     Document Type: Article

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