Proteobacteria, extremophiles and unassigned species dominate in a tape-like showerhead biofilm
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Resumo: | Abstract The development of showerhead biofilms exposes the user to repeated contact with potentially pathogenic microbes, yet we know relatively little about the content of these aggregates. The aim of the present study was to examine the microbial content of tape-like films found protruding from a domestic showerhead. Culturing showed that the films were dominated by aerobic α- and β-proteobacteria. Three isolates made up almost the entire plate count. These were a Brevundimonas species, a metalophilic Cupriavidus species and a thermophile, Geobacillus species. Furthermore, it was shown that the Cupriavidus isolate alone had a high capacity for biofilm formation and thus might be the initiator of biofilm production. A clone library revealed the same general composition. However, half of the 70 clones analyzed could not be assigned to a particular bacterial phylum and of these 29 differed from one another by only 1–2 base pairs, indicating a single species. Thus both the culture dependent and culture independent characterizations suggest a simple yet novel composition. The work is important as the biofilm is fundamentally different in form (tape-like) and content from that of all previously reported ones, where variously Mycobacterium, Methylobacterium and Xanthomonas species have dominated, and extremophiles were not reported. |
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Proteobacteria, extremophiles and unassigned species dominate in a tape-like showerhead biofilmShowerhead biofilmExtremophilesUnassigned sequencesBiofilm-formation potentialAbstract The development of showerhead biofilms exposes the user to repeated contact with potentially pathogenic microbes, yet we know relatively little about the content of these aggregates. The aim of the present study was to examine the microbial content of tape-like films found protruding from a domestic showerhead. Culturing showed that the films were dominated by aerobic α- and β-proteobacteria. Three isolates made up almost the entire plate count. These were a Brevundimonas species, a metalophilic Cupriavidus species and a thermophile, Geobacillus species. Furthermore, it was shown that the Cupriavidus isolate alone had a high capacity for biofilm formation and thus might be the initiator of biofilm production. A clone library revealed the same general composition. However, half of the 70 clones analyzed could not be assigned to a particular bacterial phylum and of these 29 differed from one another by only 1–2 base pairs, indicating a single species. Thus both the culture dependent and culture independent characterizations suggest a simple yet novel composition. The work is important as the biofilm is fundamentally different in form (tape-like) and content from that of all previously reported ones, where variously Mycobacterium, Methylobacterium and Xanthomonas species have dominated, and extremophiles were not reported.Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia2016-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822016000200345Brazilian Journal of Microbiology v.47 n.2 2016reponame:Brazilian Journal of Microbiologyinstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia (SBM)instacron:SBM10.1016/j.bjm.2016.01.018info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCharnock,ColinNordlie,Anne-Liseeng2016-05-03T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1517-83822016000200345Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/bjm/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpbjm@sbmicrobiologia.org.br||mbmartin@usp.br1678-44051517-8382opendoar:2016-05-03T00:00Brazilian Journal of Microbiology - Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia (SBM)false |
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Proteobacteria, extremophiles and unassigned species dominate in a tape-like showerhead biofilm |
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Proteobacteria, extremophiles and unassigned species dominate in a tape-like showerhead biofilm |
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Proteobacteria, extremophiles and unassigned species dominate in a tape-like showerhead biofilm Charnock,Colin Showerhead biofilm Extremophiles Unassigned sequences Biofilm-formation potential |
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Proteobacteria, extremophiles and unassigned species dominate in a tape-like showerhead biofilm |
title_full |
Proteobacteria, extremophiles and unassigned species dominate in a tape-like showerhead biofilm |
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Proteobacteria, extremophiles and unassigned species dominate in a tape-like showerhead biofilm |
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Proteobacteria, extremophiles and unassigned species dominate in a tape-like showerhead biofilm |
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Proteobacteria, extremophiles and unassigned species dominate in a tape-like showerhead biofilm |
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Charnock,Colin |
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Charnock,Colin Nordlie,Anne-Lise |
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Nordlie,Anne-Lise |
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Charnock,Colin Nordlie,Anne-Lise |
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Showerhead biofilm Extremophiles Unassigned sequences Biofilm-formation potential |
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Showerhead biofilm Extremophiles Unassigned sequences Biofilm-formation potential |
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Abstract The development of showerhead biofilms exposes the user to repeated contact with potentially pathogenic microbes, yet we know relatively little about the content of these aggregates. The aim of the present study was to examine the microbial content of tape-like films found protruding from a domestic showerhead. Culturing showed that the films were dominated by aerobic α- and β-proteobacteria. Three isolates made up almost the entire plate count. These were a Brevundimonas species, a metalophilic Cupriavidus species and a thermophile, Geobacillus species. Furthermore, it was shown that the Cupriavidus isolate alone had a high capacity for biofilm formation and thus might be the initiator of biofilm production. A clone library revealed the same general composition. However, half of the 70 clones analyzed could not be assigned to a particular bacterial phylum and of these 29 differed from one another by only 1–2 base pairs, indicating a single species. Thus both the culture dependent and culture independent characterizations suggest a simple yet novel composition. The work is important as the biofilm is fundamentally different in form (tape-like) and content from that of all previously reported ones, where variously Mycobacterium, Methylobacterium and Xanthomonas species have dominated, and extremophiles were not reported. |
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