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Therefore, biofilm formation on the surfaces of glass and chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) in contact with tap water at 34 to 39\u00b0C was investigated under controlled hydraulic conditions in a model system inoculated with biofilm-grown\n L. pneumophila<\/jats:named-content>\n . 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The\n Betaproteobacteria Piscinibacter<\/jats:named-content>\n and\n Methyloversatilis<\/jats:named-content>\n and amoeba-resisting\n Alphaproteobacteria<\/jats:named-content>\n predominated in the clones and isolates retrieved from the biofilms. In the biofilms, the\n Legionella<\/jats:named-content>\n colony count correlated significantly with the total cell count (TCC), heterotrophic plate count, ATP concentration, and presence of\n Vermamoeba vermiformis<\/jats:named-content>\n . This amoeba was rarely detected at biofilm concentrations of <100 pg ATP cm\n \u22122<\/jats:sup>\n . A threshold concentration of approximately 50 pg ATP cm\n \u22122<\/jats:sup>\n (TCC = 1 \u00d7 10\n 6<\/jats:sup>\n to 2 \u00d7 10\n 6<\/jats:sup>\n cells cm\n \u22122<\/jats:sup>\n ) was derived for growth of\n L. pneumophila<\/jats:named-content>\n in biofilms.\n <\/jats:p>\n \n IMPORTANCE<\/jats:bold>\n Legionella pneumophila<\/jats:named-content>\n is the etiologic agent in more than 10,000 cases of Legionnaires' disease that are reported annually worldwide and in most of the drinking water-associated disease outbreaks reported in the United States. The organism proliferates in biofilms on surfaces exposed to warm water in engineered freshwater installations. An investigation with a test system supplied with different types of warm drinking water without disinfectant under controlled hydraulic conditions showed that treated aerobic groundwater (0.3 mg liter\n \u22121<\/jats:sup>\n of organic carbon) induced a low biofilm concentration that supported no or very limited growth of\n L. pneumophila<\/jats:named-content>\n . Elevated biofilm concentrations and\n L. pneumophila<\/jats:named-content>\n colony counts were observed on surfaces exposed to two types of extensively treated groundwater, containing 1.8 and 7.9 mg C liter\n \u22121<\/jats:sup>\n and complying with the microbial water quality criteria during distribution. 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