2-Aminoimidazoles as biofilm inhibitors to manage microbial biofilm communities towards improved bioaugmentation-16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing data

Bioaugmentation can be seen as a deliberate invasion process and theories of microbial invasion can be exploited to improve bioaugmentation. We assessed the use of 2-aminoimidazole (2-AI) compounds, as known biofilm inhibitors, to create niches and/or remove antagonist bacteria during biofilm development in order to improve bioaugmentation with the 2,6-dichlorobenzamide (BAM) degrading Aminobacter niigataensis MSH1.