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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2002, p. 3644-3650, Vol. 68, No. 7
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.7.3644-3650.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Phylogenetic Relationships and Coaggregation Ability of Freshwater Biofilm Bacteria

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

School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester,1 Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom2

Received 7 December 2001/ Accepted 21 March 2002

Nineteen numerically dominant heterotrophic bacteria from a freshwater biofilm were identified by 16S ribosomal DNA gene sequencing, and their coaggregation partnerships were determined. Phylogenetic trees showed that both distantly related and closely related strains coaggregated at intergeneric, intrageneric, and intraspecies levels. One strain, Blastomonas natatoria 2.1, coaggregated with all 18 other strains and may function as a bridging organism in biofilm development.

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

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2002, p. 3644-3650, Vol. 68, No. 7
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.7.3644-3650.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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