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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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