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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2004, p. 5094-5101, Vol. 70, No. 9
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5094-5101.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Diversity and Seasonal Changes of Uncultured Planctomycetales in River Biofilms

I. H. M. Brümmer, A. D. M. Felske, and I. Wagner-Döbler*

Department of Microbiology, German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany

Received 17 December 2003/ Accepted 10 May 2004

Cell counts of planctomycetes showed that there were high levels of these organisms in the summer and low levels in the winter in biofilms grown in situ in two polluted rivers, the Elbe River and the Spittelwasser River. In this study 16S rRNA-based methods were used to investigate if these changes were correlated with changes in the species composition. Planctomycete-specific clone libraries of the 16S rRNA genes found in both rivers showed that there were seven clusters, which were distantly related to the genera Pirellula, Planctomyces, and Gemmata. The majority of the sequences from the Spittelwasser River were affiliated with a cluster related to Pirellula, while the majority of the clones from the Elbe River fell into three clusters related to Planctomyces and one deeply branching cluster related to Pirellula. Some clusters also contained sequences derived from freshwater environments worldwide, and the similarities to our biofilm clones were as high as 99.8%, indicating the presence of globally distributed freshwater clusters of planctomycetes that have not been cultivated yet. Community fingerprints of planctomycete 16S rRNA genes were generated by temperature gradient gel electrophoresis from Elbe River biofilm samples collected monthly for 1 year. Sixteen bands were identified, and for the most part these bands represented organisms related to the genus Planctomyces. The fingerprints showed that there was strong seasonality of most bands and that there were clear differences in the summer and the winter. Thus, seasonal changes in the abundance of Planctomycetales in river biofilms were coupled to shifts in the community composition.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology, Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Phone: 49-531-6181-408. Fax: 49-531-6181-974. E-mail: iwd{at}gbf.de.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2004, p. 5094-5101, Vol. 70, No. 9
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5094-5101.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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