PMID- 12866858 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20031023 LR - 20101118 IS - 0723-2020 (Print) IS - 0723-2020 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 2 DP - 2003 Jun TI - Characterisation of the bacterial community associated with early stages of Great Scallop (Pecten maximus), using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). PG - 302-11 AB - Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of PCR-amplified 16S rDNA was used to characterise and compare bacterial communities associated with scallop larvae (Pecten maximus), in different production units in a shellfish hatchery. Water and larvae samples were collected from three different aquaculture systems; stagnant, flow-through and a flow- through system with seawater treated with ozone. Samples were also collected from different algal cultures, inlet tanks and water pipes leading to the different aquaculture systems. Clear differences were seen between the bacterial community associated with the larvae and in the water from the different aquaculture systems. However, there were high similarities in the community composition between different water samples and between larvae samples collected at different time periods, indicating a high stability in the bacterial communities. Fifty three percent of the sequences from these samples were similar to 16S rRNA gene sequences of members of the gamma-subclass of the Proteobacteria. The different algal cultures had different bacterial communities, however 73 percent of the sequences were similar to 16S rRNA gene sequences of members of the alpha-subclass of the Proteobacteria. Differences in the DGGE profiles were also seen between the samples taken from the inlet tanks and water pipes, indicating a change in the bacterial community composition as the water passed through the pipes. To our knowledge this is the first study investigating bacterial communities associated with Great Scallop larvae in different aquaculture systems including noncultured components. FAU - Sandaa, Ruth-Anne AU - Sandaa RA AD - Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway. ruth.sandaa@im.uib.no FAU - Magnesen, Thorolf AU - Magnesen T FAU - Torkildsen, Lise AU - Torkildsen L FAU - Bergh, Oivind AU - Bergh O LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AY117756 SI - GENBANK/AY117757 SI - GENBANK/AY117758 SI - GENBANK/AY117759 SI - GENBANK/AY117760 SI - GENBANK/AY117761 SI - GENBANK/AY117762 SI - GENBANK/AY117763 SI - GENBANK/AY117764 SI - GENBANK/AY117765 SI - GENBANK/AY117766 SI - GENBANK/AY117767 SI - GENBANK/AY117768 SI - GENBANK/AY117769 SI - GENBANK/AY117770 PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Germany TA - Syst Appl Microbiol JT - Systematic and applied microbiology JID - 8306133 RN - 0 (Bacterial Proteins) SB - IM MH - Alphaproteobacteria/chemistry/classification/genetics/*isolation & purification MH - Animals MH - Aquaculture MH - Bacterial Proteins/analysis MH - Bacterial Typing Techniques MH - Ecosystem MH - Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel MH - Eukaryota/microbiology MH - Gammaproteobacteria/chemistry/classification/genetics/*isolation & purification MH - Larva MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mollusca/growth & development/*microbiology MH - Protein Denaturation MH - Ribotyping EDAT- 2003/07/18 05:00 MHDA- 2003/10/24 05:00 CRDT- 2003/07/18 05:00 PHST- 2003/07/18 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/10/24 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/07/18 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0723-2020(04)70192-7 [pii] AID - 10.1078/072320203322346164 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Syst Appl Microbiol. 2003 Jun;26(2):302-11. doi: 10.1078/072320203322346164.