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ArticleJournal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology2017

Molecular methods resolve the bacterial composition of natural marine biofilms on galvanically coupled stainless steel cathodes.

Athenia L Oldham, Mia K Steinberg, Kathleen E Duncan, Zakari Makama, Iwona Beech

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Athenia L OldhamDepartment of Biology, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, 4901 E University, Odessa, TX, 79762, USA. oldham_a@utpb.edu.
Mia K SteinbergNaval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, 9500 Macarthur Blvd, West Bethesda, MD, 20817, USA.
Kathleen E DuncanDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, 770 Van Vleet Oval, GLCH #136, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.
Zakari MakamaDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, 100 E Boyd, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.
Iwona BeechDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, 770 Van Vleet Oval, GLCH #136, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.
University of Oklahoma · USNaval Surface Warfare Center · USThe University of Texas of the Permian Basin · US

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Abstract

Navy vessels consist of various metal alloys and biofilm accumulation at the metal surface is thought to play a role in influencing metal deterioration. To develop better strategies to monitor and control metallic biofilms, it is necessary to resolve the bacterial composition within the biofilm. This study aimed to determine if differences in electrochemical current could influence the composition of dominant bacteria in a metallic biofilm, and if so, determine the level of resolution using metagenomic amplicon sequencing. Current was generated by creating galvanic couples between cathodes made from stainless steel and anodes made from carbon steel, aluminum, or copper nickel and exposing them in the Delaware Bay. Stainless steel cathodes (SSCs) coupled to aluminum or carbon steel generated a higher mean current (0.39 mA) than that coupled to copper nickel (0.17 mA). Following 3 months of exposure, the bacterial composition of biofilms collected from the SSCs was determined and compared. Dominant bacterial taxa from the two higher current SSCs were different from that of the low-current SSC as determined by DGGE and verified by Illumina DNA-seq analysis. These results demonstrate that electrochemical current could influence the composition of dominant bacteria in metallic biofilms and that amplicon sequencing is sufficient to complement current methods used to study metallic biofilms in marine environments.

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BiofilmsStainless SteelAluminumBacteriaCarbonCloning, MolecularCopperDNA, BacterialElectrodesGene LibraryNickelRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSeawaterSequence Analysis, DNAAluminumCarbonCopperDNA, BacterialNickelRNA, Ribosomal, 16SStainless Steel16S rRNA gene316 stainless steelBacterial communityDNA-seqGalvanic couplesGalvanic currentMarine biofilm

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PMID28013395
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