We investigated the in situ spatial organization of ammonia-oxidizing and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in domestic wastewater biofilms and autotrophic nitrifying biofilms by using microsensors and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) performed with 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes.
The development of nitrifying biofilms may be evaluated by examining either their structure or their function and activity. Given the limitations of culture-based microbiological methods, how do researchers get at the underlying composition and structure of the biofilm community?
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The nitrifying biofilm increased in thickness and decreased in density above the kinetic threshold temperature (> 4 C), correlating with the dominant filamentous bacteria identified in the biofilm, and the predicted upregulation of metabolic pathways associated with biofilm and EPS formation.
Bacterial biofilms are complex surface attached communities of bacteria held together by self-produced polymer matrixs mainly composed of polysaccharides, secreted proteins, and extracellular DNAs. Bacterial biofilm formation is a complex process and can be described in five...
We iden-tified a strong positive correlation between nitrifying families and several Mariprofundaceae species and hypothesized that nitrifiers could provide nitrogen compounds and vitamin B12 to associated bacteria in exchange for a protected environment.
