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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2003, p. 5006-5010, Vol. 69, No. 8
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.5006-5010.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Boundaries for Biofilm Formation: Humidity and Temperature

Terry Ann Else,1 Curtis R. Pantle,2 and Penny S. Amy3*

Health Sciences Department,1 Biological Science Department, Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89146,2 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 891543

Received 5 February 2003/ Accepted 27 May 2003

Environmental conditions which define boundaries for biofilm production could provide useful ecological information for biofilm models. A practical use of defined conditions could be applied to the high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. Data for temperature and humidity conditions indicate that decreases in relative humidity or increased temperature severely affect biofilm formation on three candidate canister metals.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, P.O. Box 451090, Las Vegas, NV 89154-1090. Phone: (702) 895-3288. Fax: (702) 895-4680. E-mail: amy{at}ccmail.nevada.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2003, p. 5006-5010, Vol. 69, No. 8
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.5006-5010.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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