Natural Microbial Communities Can Be Manipulated by Artificially Constructed Biofilms.

ABSTRACT: Biofouling proceeds in successive steps where the primary colonizers affect the phylogenetic and functional structure of a future microbial consortium. Using microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) as a study case, a novel approach for material surface protection is described, which does not prevent biofouling, but rather shapes the process of natural biofilm development to exclude MIC-related microorganisms. This approach interferes with the early steps of natural biofilm formation affecting how the community is finally developed. It is based on a multilayer artificial biofilm, composed of electrostatically modified bacterial cells, producing antimicrobial compounds, extracellular antimicrobial polyelectrolyte matrix, and a water-proof rubber elastomer barrier. The artificial biofilm

SUBMITTER: Rijavec T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6865284 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature