Identification of active bacterial communities in a model drinking water biofilm system using 16S rRNA-based clone libraries.

Recent phylogenetic studies have used DNA as the target molecule for the development of environmental 16S rRNA gene clone libraries. As DNA may persist in the environment, DNA-based libraries cannot be used to identify metabolically active bacteria in water systems. In this study, an annular reactor was used to generate model drinking water biofilms grown on polycarbonate slides. High-quality RNA was extracted from 2-month-old biofilms and used to generate 16S rRNA-based clones. Sequencing analyses of 16S rRNA-based clones suggested that the active bacterial fraction consisted of a few dominant bacterial groups related to Nevskia ramosa and to uncultured bacteria. Several of these bacterial groups were closely related to clones characterized in a DNA-based clone library also generated in this study. Altogether, these results suggest that some of the predominant drinking water bacteria identified using DNA-based techniques are indeed active.

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