Open AccessGENETIC AND MORPHOTYPIC HETEROGENEITY OF SWIMMING POOL BACTERIAL POPULATIONS
Author(s) -
Larisa A Magdanova,
N. V. Golyasnaya
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
èkologičeskaâ genetika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.148
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2411-9202
pISSN - 1811-0932
DOI - 10.17816/ecogen9224-33
Subject(s) - biology , biofilm , alcaligenes , acinetobacter , pseudomonas aeruginosa , biocide , achromobacter , phenotypic plasticity , microbiology and biotechnology , pseudomonas , bacteria , ecology , genetics , chemistry , organic chemistry
The populations of resident bacterial species of the swimming pool community such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus sp., Acinetobacter lwoffii and Pseudomonas alcaligenes were analyzed. All these species showed stable in time heterogeneity by spontaneous mutation frequency and biofilm forming ability. There was notably high occurrence of mutators in all investigated populations. Our results show high level of genetic plasticity and adaptivity under conditions of starvation and exposure to biocides.