Bare rock biofilms - Model systems in biodeterioration sciences
- Essential processes in the establishment and maintenance of rock biofilms include photosynthesis, production of extracellular polymeric substances, substrate penetration and atmospheric nutrient enrichment. Functional diversity is supported by a complex subaerial biofilm (SAB) community of heterotrophic and phototrophic microorganisms. Stress tolerant and melanised Ascomycetes dominate heterotrophic SABs while diverse algae and cyanobacteria comprise the phototrophic consortia. Laboratory simulation of SABs permits use of molecular-genetic methods coupled with geochemical and microscopic analyses to study weathering. Our in vitro model includes two free-living and symbiosis-competent, genetically tractable microorganisms: the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme and the microcolonial rock-inhabiting fungus Knufia petricola. This genetically amenable cyanobacterium/fungus model biofilm allows development of quantitative methods tailored to the natural diversity of SABs. Precise,Essential processes in the establishment and maintenance of rock biofilms include photosynthesis, production of extracellular polymeric substances, substrate penetration and atmospheric nutrient enrichment. Functional diversity is supported by a complex subaerial biofilm (SAB) community of heterotrophic and phototrophic microorganisms. Stress tolerant and melanised Ascomycetes dominate heterotrophic SABs while diverse algae and cyanobacteria comprise the phototrophic consortia. Laboratory simulation of SABs permits use of molecular-genetic methods coupled with geochemical and microscopic analyses to study weathering. Our in vitro model includes two free-living and symbiosis-competent, genetically tractable microorganisms: the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme and the microcolonial rock-inhabiting fungus Knufia petricola. This genetically amenable cyanobacterium/fungus model biofilm allows development of quantitative methods tailored to the natural diversity of SABs. Precise, reproducible studies using this model biofilm have shown that both the melanised fungus, as well as the combined bacterial/fungal system, enhances the weathering of minerals. Geochemical signatures of these in vitro rock biofilms can now be obtained and compared with bacterial/fungal mutants of varied EPS composition and substrate penetration patterns. And finally, precise study of the model cyanobacterium/fungus biofilm will Permit prediction of the effects of conservational treatments.…
Autor*innen: | Anna GorbushinaORCiD |
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Koautor*innen: | Ronald Banasiak, Romy Breitenbach, W. J. Broughton, Ruben GerritsORCiD, Nicole Knabe, Pedro Maria Martin-SanchezORCiD, Oliver Voigt |
Dokumenttyp: | Vortrag |
Veröffentlichungsform: | Präsentation |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2016 |
DDC-Klassifikation: | Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / Ingenieurwissenschaften / Sanitär- und Kommunaltechnik; Umwelttechnik |
Freie Schlagwörter: | Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Model rock biofilm |
Veranstaltung: | 2. European conference on Biodeterioration of stone monuments |
Veranstaltungsort: | Cergy-Pontoise, France |
Beginndatum der Veranstaltung: | 17.11.2016 |
Enddatum der Veranstaltung: | 18.11.2016 |
Verfügbarkeit des Dokuments: | Datei im Netzwerk der BAM verfügbar ("Closed Access") |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 14.12.2016 |
Referierte Publikation: | Nein |
Eingeladener Vortrag: | Nein |