On the reproducibility of microcosm experiments - different community composition in parallel phototrophic biofilm microcosms

@article{citeulike:1290943, abstract = {Abstract Phototrophic biofilms were cultivated simultaneously using the same inoculum in three identical flow-lane microcosms located in different laboratories. The growth rates of the biofilms were similar in the different microcosms, but denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of both 16S and 18S rRNA gene fragments showed that the communities developed differently in terms of species richness and community composition. One microcosm was dominated by Microcoleus and Phormidium species, the second microcosm was dominated by Synechocystis and Phormidium species, and the third microcosm was dominated by Microcoleus- and Planktothrix-affiliated species. No clear effect of light intensity on the cyanobacterial community composition was observed. In addition, DGGE profiles obtained from the cultivated biofilms showed a low resemblance with the profiles derived from the inoculum. These findings demonstrate that validation of reproducibility is essential for the use of microcosm systems in microbial ecology studies.}, author = {Roeselers, Guus and Zippel, Barbara and Staal, Marc and van Loosdrecht, Mark and Muyzer, Gerard }, citeulike-article-id = {1290943}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00172.x}, journal = {FEMS Microbiology Ecology}, keywords = {biofilm, ecology, microbe}, number = {2}, pages = {169--178}, posted-at = {2007-05-12 00:51:11}, priority = {5}, title = {On the reproducibility of microcosm experiments - different community composition in parallel phototrophic biofilm microcosms}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00172.x}, volume = {58}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1290943 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1290943 TI - On the reproducibility of microcosm experiments - different community composition in parallel phototrophic biofilm microcosms JF - FEMS Microbiology Ecology VL - 58 IS - 2 SP - 169 EP - 178 N2 - Abstract Phototrophic biofilms were cultivated simultaneously using the same inoculum in three identical flow-lane microcosms located in different laboratories. The growth rates of the biofilms were similar in the different microcosms, but denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of both 16S and 18S rRNA gene fragments showed that the communities developed differently in terms of species richness and community composition. One microcosm was dominated by Microcoleus and Phormidium species, the second microcosm was dominated by Synechocystis and Phormidium species, and the third microcosm was dominated by Microcoleus- and Planktothrix-affiliated species. No clear effect of light intensity on the cyanobacterial community composition was observed. In addition, DGGE profiles obtained from the cultivated biofilms showed a low resemblance with the profiles derived from the inoculum. These findings demonstrate that validation of reproducibility is essential for the use of microcosm systems in microbial ecology studies. KW - biofilm KW - ecology KW - microbe AU - Roeselers, Guus AU - Zippel, Barbara AU - Staal, Marc AU - van Loosdrecht, Mark AU - Muyzer, Gerard PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00172.x ER -