title: Intergeneric coaggregation among drinking water bacteria: evidence of a role for Acinetobacter calcoaceticus as a bridging bacterium.
abstract: Intergeneric coaggregation of drinking water bacteria was tested. Acinetobacter calcoaceticus was found not only to autoaggregate but also to coaggregate with four of the five other isolates (Burkholderia cepacia, Methylobacterium sp., Mycobacterium mucogenicum, Sphingomonas capsulata, and Staphylococcus sp.). In its absence, no coaggregation was found. Interactions were lectin-saccharide mediated. The putative bridging function of A. calcoaceticus was evidenced by multispecies biofilm studies, through a strain exclusion process.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Lúcia Chaves
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.forename: Maria João
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Vieira
mesh_terms: D016954:Acinetobacter calcoaceticus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S