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Ivana Stanimirova1, Andrea Kubik, Beata Walczak

  • 1Department of Chemometrics, Institute of Chemistry, Silesian University, 9 Szkolna Street, 40-006, Katowice, Poland.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Microbiology
  • Analytical Chemistry

Background:

  • Biofilms are microbial communities found at water-material interfaces.
  • They play a role in metal ion sorption/desorption and reflect past environmental conditions.
  • Biofilms can act as bioindicators for monitoring water quality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if elemental composition data can discriminate biofilms from various aquatic systems.
  • To assess the potential of biofilms as bioindicators based on their chemical makeup.
  • To compare different chemometric methods for biofilm classification.

Main Methods:

  • Biofilms were cultivated on natural and polycarbonate materials in flowing water, standing water, and seawater.
  • Elemental composition analysis was performed on the developed biofilms.
  • Unsupervised (PCA) and supervised (CART, DPLS, UVE-DPLS) chemometric methods were employed for discrimination.
  • Model validation utilized the Kennard and Stone method and the duplex algorithm.

Main Results:

  • The study successfully discriminated between biofilms from different aquatic environments.
  • Seawater biofilms were uniquely identifiable.
  • Distinctions were made between flowing and standing water biofilms.
  • Classification and Regression Trees (CART) achieved a 100% correct classification rate for distinguishing flowing and standing water biofilms.
  • Magnesium (Mg) content in the biofilm water phase was identified as a key discriminating variable.

Conclusions:

  • Elemental composition analysis is a viable method for discriminating biofilms from diverse aquatic settings.
  • Biofilms serve as effective bioindicators of water quality, with their chemical signatures reflecting environmental conditions.
  • The CART model demonstrates high accuracy in classifying biofilms, highlighting its utility in environmental monitoring.