Affiliation:
1. Olin Research Center, Cheshire, Connecticut 06410
Abstract
The role of bacteria in the development of algae on low-density vinyl was investigated. Unidentified bacterial contaminants in unialgal stock cultures of
Phormidium faveolarum
and
Pleurochloris pyrenoidosa
enhanced, by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude, colonization of vinyl by these algae, as determined by epifluorescence microscopy counts and chlorophyll
a
in extracts of colonized vinyl. Colonization by bacteria always preceded that by algae. Scanning electron microscopy of the colonized
Phormidium
-bacteria mixture revealed the presence of a slime matrix engulfing both bacteria and algae that may have facilitated algal attachment. Slime was not evident in the
Pleurochloris
-bacteria mixture, suggesting that the attachment mechanisms differ for the two algae.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
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