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SUBMITTER: Malik A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC201223 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Malik Anushree A Sakamoto Masashi M Hanazaki Shohei S Osawa Masamitsu M Suzuki Takanori T Tochigi Masaki M Kakii Kazuo K
Applied and environmental microbiology 20031001 10
Thirty-two strains of nonflocculating bacteria isolated from sewage-activated sludge were tested by a spectrophotometric assay for their ability to coaggregate with one other in two-membered systems. Among these strains, eight showed significant (74 to 99%) coaggregation with Acinetobacter johnsonii S35 while only four strains coaggregated, to a lesser extent (43 to 65%), with Acinetobacter junii S33. The extent and pattern of coaggregation as well as the aggregate size showed good correlation w ...[more]