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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2000, p. 431-434, Vol. 66, No. 1
0099-2240/0/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Coaggregation between Aquatic Bacteria Is Mediated by Specific-Growth-Phase-Dependent Lectin-Saccharide Interactions

Alex H. Rickard,1 Stephen A. Leach,2 Clive M. Buswell,2 Nicola J. High,1 and Pauline S. Handley1,*

University of Manchester, Manchester,1 and Center for Applied Microbiology and Research, Salisbury, Wiltshire,2 United Kingdom

Received 14 July 1999/Accepted 3 November 1999

Coaggregating strains of aquatic bacteria were identified by partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The coaggregation abilities of four strains of Blastomonas natatoria and one strain of Micrococcus luteus varied with culture age but were always maximum in the stationary phase of growth. Each member of a coaggregating pair carried either a heat- and protease-sensitive protein (lectin) adhesin or a saccharide receptor, as coaggregation was reversed by sugars.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, 1.800 Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd., Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 (0)161 275 5265. Fax: 44 (0)161 275 5656. E-mail: pauline.handley{at}man.ac.uk.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2000, p. 431-434, Vol. 66, No. 1
0099-2240/0/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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