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Pronounced effect of the nature of the inoculum on biofilm development in flow systems.

ABSTRACT: Biofilm formation renders sessile microbial populations growing in continuous-flow systems less susceptible to variation in dilution rate than planktonic cells, where dilution rates exceeding an organism's maximum growth rate (micro(max)) results in planktonic cell washout. In biofilm-dominated systems, the biofilm's overall micro(max) may therefore be more relevant than the organism's micro(max), where the biofilm micro(max) is considered as a net process dependent on the adsorption rate, growth rate, and removal rate of cells within the biofilm. Together with lag (acclimation) time, the biofilm's overall micro(max) is important wherever biofilm growth is a dominant form, from clinical settings, where the aim is to prevent transition from lag to exponential growth, to industrial bioreactors, where the aim is to shorten the lag and rapidly reach maximum activity. The purpose of this study was to measure CO(2) production as an indicator of biofilm activity to determine the effect of nutrient type and concentration and of the origin of the inoculum on the length of the lag phase, biofilm micro(max), and steady-state metabolic activity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 (containing gfp), Pseudomonas fluorescens CT07 (containing gfp), and a mixed community. As expected, for different microorganisms the lengths of the lag phase in biofilm development and the biofilm micro(max) values differ, whereas different nutrient concentrations result in differences in the lengths of lag phase and steady-state values but not in biofilm micro(max) rates. The data further showed that inocula from different phenotypic origins give rise to lag time of different lengths and that this influence persists for a number of generations after inoculation.

SUBMITTER: Kroukamp O

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2937504 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pronounced effect of the nature of the inoculum on biofilm development in flow systems.

Kroukamp Otini O Dumitrache Romeo G RG Wolfaardt Gideon M GM

Applied and environmental microbiology 20100716 18

Biofilm formation renders sessile microbial populations growing in continuous-flow systems less susceptible to variation in dilution rate than planktonic cells, where dilution rates exceeding an organism's maximum growth rate (micro(max)) results in planktonic cell washout. In biofilm-dominated systems, the biofilm's overall micro(max) may therefore be more relevant than the organism's micro(max), where the biofilm micro(max) is considered as a net process dependent on the adsorption rate, growt ...[more]

PMID: 20639376

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