The present work reports on the first attempt to study water mobility in phototrophic biofilms, applying the 1H-NMR relaxometry technique to closely monitored microbial communities grown in a microcosm under controlled ambient conditions. Longitudinal water proton relaxation times exhibited a bi-exponential behavior in all biofilm samples, indicating two types of water molecules with diverging dynamic properties, confined to different compartments of the biofilm. The fast-relaxing component can be attributed to water molecules tightly bound to the intracellular matrix, while the slow-relaxing component could reflect the behavior of water embedded in the biopolymer matrix, confined into matrix pores and channels. The results are discussed with respect to a possible key role of exopolysaccharides and uronic acids in water binding in phototrophic biofilms.

Di Pippo, F., Cavalieri, F., Bohn, A., Albertano, P.b. (2011). 1H-NMR analysis of water mobility in cultured phototrophic biofilms. BIOFOULING, 27, 327-336 [10.1080/08927014.2011.565123].

1H-NMR analysis of water mobility in cultured phototrophic biofilms.

CAVALIERI, FRANCESCA;ALBERTANO, PATRIZIA BEATRICE
2011-01-01

Abstract

The present work reports on the first attempt to study water mobility in phototrophic biofilms, applying the 1H-NMR relaxometry technique to closely monitored microbial communities grown in a microcosm under controlled ambient conditions. Longitudinal water proton relaxation times exhibited a bi-exponential behavior in all biofilm samples, indicating two types of water molecules with diverging dynamic properties, confined to different compartments of the biofilm. The fast-relaxing component can be attributed to water molecules tightly bound to the intracellular matrix, while the slow-relaxing component could reflect the behavior of water embedded in the biopolymer matrix, confined into matrix pores and channels. The results are discussed with respect to a possible key role of exopolysaccharides and uronic acids in water binding in phototrophic biofilms.
2011
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Settore BIO/03 - BOTANICA AMBIENTALE E APPLICATA
Settore CHIM/02 - CHIMICA FISICA
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Di Pippo, F., Cavalieri, F., Bohn, A., Albertano, P.b. (2011). 1H-NMR analysis of water mobility in cultured phototrophic biofilms. BIOFOULING, 27, 327-336 [10.1080/08927014.2011.565123].
Di Pippo, F; Cavalieri, F; Bohn, A; Albertano, Pb
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