1. Cell-cell influences on bacterial community development in aquatic biofilms.
- Author
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McLean RJ, Barnes MB, Windham MK, Merchant M, Forstner MR, and Fuqua C
- Subjects
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens genetics, Agrobacterium tumefaciens isolation & purification, Chromobacterium genetics, Chromobacterium isolation & purification, Culture Media, Culture Media, Conditioned, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Fresh Water microbiology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Bacterial genetics, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics, Agrobacterium tumefaciens growth & development, Biofilms, Chromobacterium growth & development, Water Microbiology
- Abstract
Dialysis tubing containing spent culture media, when placed in a lake, was colonized by a low diversity of bacteria, whereas abiotic controls had considerable diversity. Changes were seen in the presence and absence of acylated homoserine lactones, suggesting that these molecules and other factors may influence adherent-population composition.
- Published
- 2005
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