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Resumo:Biofilms are major sites of carbon cycling in streams. Therefore, it is crucial to improve knowledge about biofilms’ structure and microbial composition to understand their contribution in the self-purification of surface water. The present work intends to study biofilm formation in the presence of humic substances (HSs) as a carbon source. Two biofilm flowcells were operated in parallel; one with synthetic stream water, displaying a background carbon concentration of 1.26 ± 0.84 mg L−1, the other with added HSs and an overall carbon concentration of 9.68 ± 1.00 mg L−1. From the biofilms’ results of culturable and total countable cells, it can be concluded that the presence of HSs did not significantly enhance the biofilm cell density. However, the biofilm formed in the presence of HSs presented slightly higher values of volatile suspended solids (VSS) and protein. One possible explanation for this result is that HSs adsorbed to the polymeric matrix of the biofilm and were included in the quantification of VSS and protein. The microbial composition of the biofilm with addition of HSs was characterized by the presence of bacteria belonging to beta-Proteobacteria, Cupriavidus metallidurans and several species of the genus Ralstonia were identified, and gamma-Proteobacteria, represented by Escherichia coli. In the biofilm formed without HSs addition beta-Proteobacteria, represented by the species Variovorax paradoxus, and bacteria belonging to the group Bacteroidetes were detected. In conclusion, the presence of HSs did not significantly enhance biofilm cell density but influenced the bacterial diversity in the biofilm.
Autores principais:Rodrigues, A. L.
Outros Autores:Brito, A. G.; Janknecht, P.; Silva, J.; Machado, A. V.; Nogueira, R.
Assunto:Humic material Biofilm Flowcell Community composition FTIR
Ano:2008
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
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description Biofilms are major sites of carbon cycling in streams. Therefore, it is crucial to improve knowledge about biofilms’ structure and microbial composition to understand their contribution in the self-purification of surface water. The present work intends to study biofilm formation in the presence of humic substances (HSs) as a carbon source. Two biofilm flowcells were operated in parallel; one with synthetic stream water, displaying a background carbon concentration of 1.26 ± 0.84 mg L−1, the other with added HSs and an overall carbon concentration of 9.68 ± 1.00 mg L−1. From the biofilms’ results of culturable and total countable cells, it can be concluded that the presence of HSs did not significantly enhance the biofilm cell density. However, the biofilm formed in the presence of HSs presented slightly higher values of volatile suspended solids (VSS) and protein. One possible explanation for this result is that HSs adsorbed to the polymeric matrix of the biofilm and were included in the quantification of VSS and protein. The microbial composition of the biofilm with addition of HSs was characterized by the presence of bacteria belonging to beta-Proteobacteria, Cupriavidus metallidurans and several species of the genus Ralstonia were identified, and gamma-Proteobacteria, represented by Escherichia coli. In the biofilm formed without HSs addition beta-Proteobacteria, represented by the species Variovorax paradoxus, and bacteria belonging to the group Bacteroidetes were detected. In conclusion, the presence of HSs did not significantly enhance biofilm cell density but influenced the bacterial diversity in the biofilm.
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spelling engSpringerenBiofilms are major sites of carbon cycling in streams. Therefore, it is crucial to improve knowledge about biofilms’ structure and microbial composition to understand their contribution in the self-purification of surface water. The present work intends to study biofilm formation in the presence of humic substances (HSs) as a carbon source. Two biofilm flowcells were operated in parallel; one with synthetic stream water, displaying a background carbon concentration of 1.26 ± 0.84 mg L−1, the other with added HSs and an overall carbon concentration of 9.68 ± 1.00 mg L−1. From the biofilms’ results of culturable and total countable cells, it can be concluded that the presence of HSs did not significantly enhance the biofilm cell density. However, the biofilm formed in the presence of HSs presented slightly higher values of volatile suspended solids (VSS) and protein. One possible explanation for this result is that HSs adsorbed to the polymeric matrix of the biofilm and were included in the quantification of VSS and protein. The microbial composition of the biofilm with addition of HSs was characterized by the presence of bacteria belonging to beta-Proteobacteria, Cupriavidus metallidurans and several species of the genus Ralstonia were identified, and gamma-Proteobacteria, represented by Escherichia coli. In the biofilm formed without HSs addition beta-Proteobacteria, represented by the species Variovorax paradoxus, and bacteria belonging to the group Bacteroidetes were detected. In conclusion, the presence of HSs did not significantly enhance biofilm cell density but influenced the bacterial diversity in the biofilm.application/pdfenCharacterization of biofilm formation on a humic materialRodrigues, A. L.Brito, A. G.Janknecht, P.Silva, J.Machado, A. V.Nogueira, R.HostingInstitutionOrganizationalUniversidade do Minhoe-mailmailto:repositorium@usdb.uminho.ptrepositorium@usdb.uminho.ptISSNIsPartOf1367-5435ISSNIsPartOf1476-5535DOIIsPartOf10.1007/s10295-008-0424-82008-11-24T17:31:26Z2008-112008-11-01T00:00:00ZHandlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/8355http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2open accessHumic materialBiofilmFlowcellCommunity compositionFTIR398803 bytesliteraturehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2application/pdffulltexthttps://prod-dspace.uminho.pt/bitstreams/6ee015b6-3163-4302-9d29-f870114873eb/download
spellingShingle Characterization of biofilm formation on a humic material
Rodrigues, A. L.
Humic material
Biofilm
Flowcell
Community composition
FTIR
status SINGLETON
subject.fl_str_mv Humic material
Biofilm
Flowcell
Community composition
FTIR
title Characterization of biofilm formation on a humic material
title_full Characterization of biofilm formation on a humic material
title_fullStr Characterization of biofilm formation on a humic material
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of biofilm formation on a humic material
title_short Characterization of biofilm formation on a humic material
title_sort Characterization of biofilm formation on a humic material
topic Humic material
Biofilm
Flowcell
Community composition
FTIR
topic_facet Humic material
Biofilm
Flowcell
Community composition
FTIR
url https://hdl.handle.net/1822/8355
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