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Title: | Early marine bacterial biofilm on a copper-based antifouling paint | Authors: | Chen, C.-L. Maki, J.S. Rittschof, D. Teo, S.L.M. |
Keywords: | Antifouling Biofilm Copper Marine Microbial |
Issue Date: | Sep-2013 | Citation: | Chen, C.-L., Maki, J.S., Rittschof, D., Teo, S.L.M. (2013-09). Early marine bacterial biofilm on a copper-based antifouling paint. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 83 : 71-76. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2013.04.012 | Abstract: | Marine bacterial biofilm formation on an antifouling (AF) coating is the first-step of the biofouling process, and it may promote subsequent macrofouling. Copper-based AF surfaces provide a habitat to select particular bacterial populations that are able to survive in the presence of a toxic copper-biocide. To understand the early-adherent bacterial consortia on a copper-based AF surface, Interspeed® copper ablative coating, ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (RISA) followed by conventional bacterial isolation and 16S rRNA gene-based cloning and sequencing were employed to characterize the bacterial diversity and dynamics of the biofilm. RISA showed that changes in the bacterial community occurred between week-1 and week-2 followed by small changes between week-1 and week-2. Phylogenetic analyses of the bacterial isolates and clones from week-1 and week-2 showed a significant shift in bacterial composition. Representatives of the Alphaproteobacteria, Deltaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes were the main bacterial groups found on the copper-based AF surface. In week-1, the main bacteria belonged to the genera Roseobacter, Natella, Alteromonas and Marinobacter. Subsequently, in week-2, the community was dominated by the Rhodobacteraceae, and the genera Erythrobacter and Cycloclasticus. The data showed that the marine bacterial communities in the early biofilm on a copper-based AF coating were highly diverse and included genera previously described as common marine biofilm representatives, copper accumulating bacteria and/or those that produce bioactive compounds. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. | Source Title: | International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/116991 | ISSN: | 09648305 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.ibiod.2013.04.012 |
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