THE DEPENDENCE OF LEGIONELLA-PNEUMOPHILA ON OTHER AQUATIC BACTERIA FOR SURVIVAL ON R2A MEDIUM

Authors
SURMAN SB MORTON LHG KEEVIL CW
Citation
Sb. Surman et al., THE DEPENDENCE OF LEGIONELLA-PNEUMOPHILA ON OTHER AQUATIC BACTERIA FOR SURVIVAL ON R2A MEDIUM, International biodeterioration & biodegradation, 33(3), 1994, pp. 223-236
Citations number
61
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Biology Miscellaneous
Journal title
International biodeterioration & biodegradation → ACNP
ISSN journal
09648305
Volume
33
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
223 - 236
Database
ISI
SICI code
0964-8305(1994)33:3<223:TDOLOO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Biofilms were grown in a continuous culture model biofilm system. Bact eria isolated from these biofilms were shown to prolong the viability of Legionella pneumophila when inoculated onto R2A medium. Heat-killed and cell-free extracts of the same bacteria were not able to support the survival of L. pneumophila on R2A. This suggests that the non-Legi onellaceae play a role as yet undefined in the survival of L. pneumoph ila.