Amenability to FISH | | | | | |
% of bacteria amenable to FISH | 95 | 60–90 | 10–30 | <1 | <0.1 |
Time necessary for FISH (h) | 1–2 | 3–5 | >12 | >12 | >12 |
Time until exhaustion of Cy3 fluorescence (s) | 60 | 10–20 | <10 | <10 | <3 |
Time necessary for DAPI stain (min) | 1 | 10–60 | 3–6 h | >12 h | >12 h |
Biofilm structure | | | | | |
Mean/max concentrations of all bacteria (/ml) | | 2×108/1×1010 | 7×107/2×108 | 9×105/4×107 | 2×105/8×107 |
% of bacteria within a mixed multispecies biofilm | 30–40 | >90 | >90 | <30 | <10 |
% of bacteria organised in islands of the same group | 30–70 | 5 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
% singular bacteria scattered over microscopic field | <5 | <1 | <1 | 70–90 | >90 |
Group specific probes | | | | | |
Alf1b | | | | | |
A | 4 (44%) | 7 (16%) | 2 (6%) | | |
B | 5% | 0.01% | <0.01% | 0 | 0 |
C | 40% | 1% | 0.1% | | |
Beta42a | | | | | |
A | 0 | 2 (5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B | | <0.01% | | | |
C | | 0.1% | | | |
Gam42a | | | | | |
A | 1 (11%) | 26 (59%) | 17 (51%) | 10 (52%) | 9 (33%) |
B | <0.1% | 19% | 11% | 14% | 4% |
C | 5% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 30% |
Ec1531 | | | | | |
A | 0 | 19 (44%) | 15 (45%) | 9 (47%) | 9 (33%) |
B | | 10% | 6% | 8% | 3% |
C | | 60% | 60% | 80% | 20% |
Srb385 | | | | | |
A | 2 (22%) | 19 (44%) | 10 (30%) | 4 (21%) | 0 |
B | 0.5% | 0.1% | <0.01% | <0.01% | |
C | 5% | 3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
HGC | | | | | |
A | | 13 (30%) | 10 (30%) | 7 (36%) | 8 (29%) |
B | 0 | 1.3% | 2.4% | 2.0% | 1% |
C | | 30% | 40% | 20% | 10% |
LGC* | | | | | |
A | 6 (66%) | 24 (54%) | 21 (63%) | 12 (63%) | 22 (81%) |
B | 8% | 6.8% | 15% | 22% | 30% |
C | 30% | 80% | 60% | 60% | 80% |
Lab158 | | | | | |
A | 4 (44%) | 20 (45%) | 21 (63%) | 9 (47%) | 10 (37%) |
B | 1% | 2.5% | 2% | 10% | 5% |
C | 10% | 20% | 40% | 25% | 40% |
Strc493* | | | | | |
A | 6 (66%) | 30 (68%) | 20 (60%) | 14 (73%) | 20 (74%) |
B | 3% | 1% | 6% | 24% | 30% |
C | 20% | 10% | 50% | 50% | 60% |
Bif164 | | | | | |
A | 2 (22%) | 9 (20%) | 12 (36%) | 5 (18%) | 0 |
B | <0.01% | 1% | <0.1% | <0.01% | |
C | 0.01% | 5% | 3% | 1% | |
Erec482 | | | | | |
A | 0 | 3 (7%) | 2 (6%) | 0 | 0 |
B | | 0.3% | 0.4% | | |
C | | 10% | 10% | | |
Chis150 | | | | | |
A | 1 (11%) | 12 (27%) | 10 (30%) | 11 (58%) | 0 |
B | <0.1%/ | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.03 | |
C | 0.1% | 5% | 3% | 0.5% | |
Clit135 | | | | | |
A | 0 | 22 (50%) | 10 (30%) | 11 (58%) | 0 |
B | | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1% | |
C | | 3% | 5% | 8% | |
CF319a | | | | | |
A | 4 (44%) | 24 (55%) | 20(60%) | 5 (26%) | 0 |
B | 8% | 1.5% | 1% | 0.3% | |
C | 40% | 20 | 10% | 1% | |
Bac303 | | | | | |
A | 3 (33%) | 34 (77%) | 25 (76%) | 11 (58%) | 22 (81%) |
B | 5% | 25% | 12% | 12% | 8% |
C | 15% | 80% | 50% | 30 | 80 |