BIOFILM FORMATION POTENTIAL AND INTERACTIONS OF BACTERIAL STRAINS ISOLATED FROM А DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM Cover Image

БИОФИЛМ-ОБРАЗУВАЩА СПОСОБНОСТ И ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ НА БАКТЕРИАЛНИ ЩАМОВЕ, ИЗОЛИРАНИ ОТ ПИТЕЙНО-БИТОВА ВОДОСНАБДИТЕЛНА СИСТЕМА
BIOFILM FORMATION POTENTIAL AND INTERACTIONS OF BACTERIAL STRAINS ISOLATED FROM А DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

Author(s): Zvezdimira Tsvetanova
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Сдружение „Академия за иновации и устойчивост“
Keywords: biofilm; drinking water; enteropathogen; interspecies interactions; drinking water supply system
Summary/Abstract: The report presents a study on the biofilm-forming capability of eleven bacterial strains isolated from drinking water supply system. The effect of interactions between bacteria in binary biofilms formed by combining pairs of strains has been elucidated. The individual influence of bacterial strains on biofilm formation with Y.enterocolitica 864 was evaluated.