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NandaKafle G, Christie AA, Vilain S, Brözel VS. Growth and Extended Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Soil Organic Matter. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:762. [PMID: 29740410 PMCID: PMC5924783 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli, such as serotype O157:H7, are a leading cause of food-associated outbreaks. While the primary reservoir is associated with cattle, plant foods have been associated as sources of human infection. E. coli is able to grow in the tissue of food plants such as spinach. While fecal contamination is the primary suspect, soil has been underestimated as a potential reservoir. Persistence of bacterial populations in open systems is the product of growth, death, predation, and competition. Here we report that E. coli O157:H7 can grow using the soluble compounds in soil, and characterize the effect of soil growth on the stationary phase proteome. E. coli 933D (stxII−) was cultured in Soil Extracted Soluble Organic Matter (SESOM) and the culturable count determined for 24d. The proteomes of exponential and stationary phase populations were characterized by 2D gel electrophoresis and protein spots were identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. While LB controls displayed a death phase, SESOM grown population remained culturable for 24d, indicating an altered physiological state with superior longevity. This was not due to decreased cell density on entry to stationary phase as 24 h SESOM populations concentrated 10-fold retained their longevity. Principal component analysis showed that stationary phase proteomes from SESOM and LB were different. Differences included proteins involved in stress response, motility, membrane and wall composition, nutrient uptake, translation and protein turnover, and anabolic and catabolic pathways, indicating an altered physiological state of soil-grown cells entering stationary phase. The results suggest that E. coli may be a soil commensal that, in absence of predation and competition, maintains stable populations in soil.
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- Gitanjali NandaKafle
- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, United States
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, United States
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- Spectrométrie de Masse des Macromolécules Biologiques, Chimie Biologie des Membranes et Nanoobjets, UMR Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 5248, Institut National Polytechnique de Bordeaux, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,Plateforme Protéome, Centre Génomique Fonctionnelle de Bordeaux, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, United States.,Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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Bridier A, Piard JC, Pandin C, Labarthe S, Dubois-Brissonnet F, Briandet R. Spatial Organization Plasticity as an Adaptive Driver of Surface Microbial Communities. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1364. [PMID: 28775718 PMCID: PMC5517491 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Biofilms are dynamic habitats which constantly evolve in response to environmental fluctuations and thereby constitute remarkable survival strategies for microorganisms. The modulation of biofilm functional properties is largely governed by the active remodeling of their three-dimensional structure and involves an arsenal of microbial self-produced components and interconnected mechanisms. The production of matrix components, the spatial reorganization of ecological interactions, the generation of physiological heterogeneity, the regulation of motility, the production of actives enzymes are for instance some of the processes enabling such spatial organization plasticity. In this contribution, we discussed the foundations of architectural plasticity as an adaptive driver of biofilms through the review of the different microbial strategies involved. Moreover, the possibility to harness such characteristics to sculpt biofilm structure as an attractive approach to control their functional properties, whether beneficial or deleterious, is also discussed.
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- Arnaud Bridier
- Antibiotics, Biocides, Residues and Resistance Unit, Fougères Laboratory, ANSESFougères, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-SaclayJouy-en-Josas, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-SaclayJouy-en-Josas, France
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- MaIAGE, INRA, Université Paris-SaclayJouy-en-Josas, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-SaclayJouy-en-Josas, France
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Dubois-Brissonnet F, Trotier E, Briandet R. The Biofilm Lifestyle Involves an Increase in Bacterial Membrane Saturated Fatty Acids. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1673. [PMID: 27840623 PMCID: PMC5083788 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Biofilm formation on contact surfaces contributes to persistence of foodborne pathogens all along the food and feed chain. The specific physiological features of bacterial cells embedded in biofilms contribute to their high tolerance to environmental stresses, including the action of antimicrobial compounds. As membrane lipid adaptation is a vital facet of bacterial response when cells are submitted to harsh or unstable conditions, we focused here on membrane fatty acid composition of biofilm cells as compared to their free-growing counterparts. Pathogenic bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella Typhimurium) were cultivated in planktonic or biofilm states and membrane fatty acid analyses were performed on whole cells in both conditions. The percentage of saturated fatty acids increases in biofilm cells in all cases, with a concomitant decrease of branched-chain fatty acids for Gram-positive bacteria, or with a decrease in the sum of other fatty acids for Gram-negative bacteria. We propose that increased membrane saturation in biofilm cells is an adaptive stress response that allows bacteria to limit exchanges, save energy, and survive. Reprogramming of membrane fluidity in biofilm cells might explain specific biofilm behavior including bacterial recalcitrance to biocide action.
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- Florence Dubois-Brissonnet
- Micalis Institute, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-SaclayJouy-en-Josas, France
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Losensky G, Jung K, Urlaub H, Pfeifer F, Fröls S, Lenz C. Shedding light on biofilm formation ofHalobacterium salinarumR1 by SWATH-LC/MS/MS analysis of planktonic and sessile cells. Proteomics 2016; 17. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201600111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Revised: 07/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Gerald Losensky
- Microbiology and Archaea; Department of Biology; Technische Universität Darmstadt; Darmstadt Germany
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- Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics; University of Veterinary Medicine Foundation; Hannover Germany
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group; Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry; Göttingen Germany
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry; Bioanalytics; University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen Germany
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- Microbiology and Archaea; Department of Biology; Technische Universität Darmstadt; Darmstadt Germany
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- Microbiology and Archaea; Department of Biology; Technische Universität Darmstadt; Darmstadt Germany
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group; Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry; Göttingen Germany
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry; Bioanalytics; University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen Germany
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Khemiri A, Jouenne T, Cosette P. Proteomics dedicated to biofilmology: What have we learned from a decade of research? Med Microbiol Immunol 2015; 205:1-19. [PMID: 26068406 DOI: 10.1007/s00430-015-0423-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Advances in proteomics techniques over the past decade, closely integrated with genomic and physicochemical approach, have played a great role in developing knowledge of the biofilm lifestyle of bacteria. Despite bacterial proteome versatility, many studies have demonstrated the ability of proteomics approaches to elucidating the biofilm phenotype. Though these investigations have been largely used for biofilm studies in the last decades, they represent, however, a very low percentage of proteomics works performed up to now. Such approaches have offered new targets for combating microbial biofilms by providing a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative overview of their protein cell content. Herein, we summarized the state of the art in knowledge about biofilm physiology after one decade of proteomic analysis. In a second part, we highlighted missing research tracks for the next decade, emphasizing the emergence of posttranslational modifications in proteomic studies stemming from recent advances in mass spectrometry-based proteomics.
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- Arbia Khemiri
- CNRS, UMR 6270, Laboratory "Polymères, Biopolymères, Surfaces", 76820, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.
- University of Normandy, UR, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.
- PISSARO Proteomic Facility, IRIB, 76820, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.
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- CNRS, UMR 6270, Laboratory "Polymères, Biopolymères, Surfaces", 76820, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
- University of Normandy, UR, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
- PISSARO Proteomic Facility, IRIB, 76820, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- CNRS, UMR 6270, Laboratory "Polymères, Biopolymères, Surfaces", 76820, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
- University of Normandy, UR, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
- PISSARO Proteomic Facility, IRIB, 76820, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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Gao T, Foulston L, Chai Y, Wang Q, Losick R. Alternative modes of biofilm formation by plant-associated Bacillus cereus. Microbiologyopen 2015; 4:452-64. [PMID: 25828975 PMCID: PMC4475387 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Revised: 02/07/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The ability to form multicellular communities known as biofilms is a widespread adaptive behavior of bacteria. Members of the Bacillus group of bacteria have been found to form biofilms on plant roots, where they protect against pathogens and promote growth. In the case of the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis the genetic pathway controlling biofilm formation and the production of an extracellular matrix is relatively well understood. However, it is unclear whether other members of this genus utilize similar mechanisms. We determined that a plant-associated strain of Bacillus cereus (905) can form biofilms by two seemingly independent pathways. In one mode involving the formation of floating biofilms (pellicles) B. cereus 905 appears to rely on orthologs of many of the genes known to be important for B. subtilis biofilm formation. We report that B. cereus 905 also forms submerged, surface-associated biofilms and in a manner that resembles biofilm formation by the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. This alternative mode, which does not rely on B. subtilis-like genes for pellicle formation, takes place under conditions of glucose fermentation and depends on a drop in the pH of the medium.
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- Tantan Gao
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138.,Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138
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- College of Science, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138
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Hwang S, Li Z, Bar-Peled Y, Aronov A, Ericson J, Bar-Peled M. The biosynthesis of UDP-d-FucNAc-4N-(2)-oxoglutarate (UDP-Yelosamine) in Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579: Pat and Pyl, an aminotransferase and an ATP-dependent Grasp protein that ligates 2-oxoglutarate to UDP-4-amino-sugars. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:35620-32. [PMID: 25368324 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.614917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Surface glycan switching is often observed when micro-organisms transition between different biotic and abiotic niches, including biofilms, although the advantages of this switching to the organism are not well understood. Bacillus cereus grown in a biofilm-inducing medium has been shown to synthesize an unusual cell wall polysaccharide composed of the repeating subunit →6)Gal(α1-2)(2-R-hydroxyglutar-5-ylamido)Fuc2NAc4N(α1-6)GlcNAc(β1→, where galactose is linked to the hydroxyglutarate moiety of FucNAc-4-amido-(2)-hydroxyglutarate. The molecular mechanism involved in attaching 2-hydroxyglutarate to 4-amino-FucNAc has not been determined. Here, we show two genes in B. cereus ATCC 14579 encoding enzymes involved in the synthesis of UDP-FucNAc-4-amido-(2)-oxoglutarate (UDP-Yelosamine), a modified UDP-sugar not previously reported to exist. Using mass spectrometry and real time NMR spectroscopy, we show that Bc5273 encodes a C4″-aminotransferase (herein referred to as Pat) that, in the presence of pyridoxal phosphate, transfers the primary amino group of l-Glu to C-4″ of UDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-d-GlcNAc to form UDP-4-amino-FucNAc and 2-oxoglutarate. Pat also converts 4-keto-xylose, 4-keto-glucose, and 4-keto-2-acetamido-altrose to their corresponding UDP-4-amino-sugars. Bc5272 encodes a carboxylate-amine ligase (herein referred as Pyl) that, in the presence of ATP and Mg(II), adds 2-oxoglutarate to the 4-amino moiety of UDP-4-amino-FucNAc to form UDP-Yelosamine and ADP. Pyl is also able to ligate 2-oxoglutarate to other 4-amino-sugar derivatives to form UDP-Yelose, UDP-Solosamine, and UDP-Aravonose. Characterizing the metabolic pathways involved in the formation of modified nucleotide sugars provides a basis for understanding some of the mechanisms used by bacteria to modify or alter their cell surface polysaccharides in response to changing growth and environmental challenges.
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- Soyoun Hwang
- From the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and
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- From the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- From the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and
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- From the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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Carvalhais V, França A, Pier GB, Vilanova M, Cerca N, Vitorino R. Comparative proteomic and transcriptomic profile of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms grown in glucose-enriched medium. Talanta 2014; 132:705-12. [PMID: 25476368 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2014.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2014] [Revised: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Staphylococcus epidermidis is an important nosocomial agent among carriers of indwelling medical devices, due to its strong ability to form biofilms on inert surfaces. Contrary to some advances made in the transcriptomic field, proteome characterization of S. epidermidis biofilms is less developed. To highlight the relation between transcripts and proteins of S. epidermidis biofilms, we analyzed the proteomic profile obtained by two mechanical lysis methods (sonication and bead beating), associated with two distinct detergent extraction buffers, namely SDS and CHAPS. Based on gel electrophoresis-LC-MS/MS, we identified a total of 453 proteins. While lysis with glass beads provided greater amounts of protein, CHAPS extraction buffer allowed identification of a higher number of proteins compared to SDS. Our data shows the impact of different protein isolation methods in the characterization of the S. epidermidis biofilm proteome. Furthermore, the correlation between proteomic and transcriptomic profiles was evaluated. The results confirmed that proteomic and transcriptomic data should be analyzed simultaneously in order to have a comprehensive understanding of a specific microbiological condition.
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- Virginia Carvalhais
- CEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO - Laboratory of Research in Biofilms Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; QOPNA, Mass Spectrometry Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; Division of Infectious diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- CEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO - Laboratory of Research in Biofilms Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; Division of Infectious diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Infectious diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- ICBAS-Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; IBMC-Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Rua do Campo Alegre 83, Porto, Portugal
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- CEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO - Laboratory of Research in Biofilms Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- QOPNA, Mass Spectrometry Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
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Crouzet M, Le Senechal C, Brözel VS, Costaglioli P, Barthe C, Bonneu M, Garbay B, Vilain S. Exploring early steps in biofilm formation: set-up of an experimental system for molecular studies. BMC Microbiol 2014; 14:253. [PMID: 25266973 PMCID: PMC4189659 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-014-0253-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Bacterial biofilms are predominant in natural ecosystems and constitute a public health threat because of their outstanding resistance to antibacterial treatments and especially to antibiotics. To date, several systems have been developed to grow bacterial biofilms in order to study their phenotypes and the physiology of sessile cells. Although relevant, such systems permit analysis of various aspects of the biofilm state but often after several hours of bacterial growth. RESULTS Here we describe a simple and easy-to-use system for growing P. aeruginosa biofilm based on the medium adsorption onto glass wool fibers. This approach which promotes bacterial contact onto the support, makes it possible to obtain in a few minutes a large population of sessile bacteria. Using this growth system, we demonstrated the feasibility of exploring the early stages of biofilm formation by separating by electrophoresis proteins extracted directly from immobilized cells. Moreover, the involvement of protein synthesis in P. aeruginosa attachment is demonstrated. CONCLUSIONS Our system provides sufficient sessile biomass to perform biochemical and proteomic analyses from the early incubation period, thus paving the way for the molecular analysis of the early stages of colonization that were inaccessible to date.
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- Marc Crouzet
- />University Bordeaux, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
- />Bordeaux INP, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- />University Bordeaux, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
- />Bordeaux INP, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- />Department of Biology & Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007 USA
- />Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0083 South Africa
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- />University Bordeaux, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
- />Bordeaux INP, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
- />ENSTBB, 146 rue Léo Saignat, case 87, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- />University Bordeaux, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
- />Bordeaux INP, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- />University Bordeaux, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
- />Bordeaux INP, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
- />Université de Bordeaux, Centre Génomique Fonctionnelle de Bordeaux, Plateforme Protéome, Bordeaux, F-33000 France
- />ENSTBB, 146 rue Léo Saignat, case 87, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- />University Bordeaux, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
- />Bordeaux INP, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
- />ENSTBB, 146 rue Léo Saignat, case 87, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- />University Bordeaux, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
- />Bordeaux INP, BPRVS, EA 4135, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
- />ENSTBB, 146 rue Léo Saignat, case 87, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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Gião MS, Keevil CW. Listeria monocytogenes can form biofilms in tap water and enter into the viable but non-cultivable state. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2014; 67:603-611. [PMID: 24452996 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0364-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 12/27/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that can be transmitted through contaminated raw food or by ready-to-eat products that have been in contact with contaminated surfaces. Tap water (TW) is used to wash produce, as a processed food constituent and to wash processing surfaces and floors. The main aim of this work was to investigate the formation and survival of L. monocytogenes biofilms on stainless steel (SS) coupons in TW at 4, 22, 30 and 37 °C. For that, coupons with biofilm were visualised in situ while other coupons were scraped to quantify total cells by SYTO 9, cultivable numbers by plating onto brain heart infusion agar and viable numbers by the direct viable count method. Results showed that L. monocytogenes can form biofilms on SS surfaces in TW at any temperature, including at 4 °C. The number of total cells was similar for all the conditions tested while cultivable numbers varied between the level of detection (<8.3 CFU cm(-2)) and 3.5 × 10(5) CFU cm(-2), meaning between 7.0 × 10(4) and 1.1 × 10(7) cells cm(-2) have entered the viable but non-cultivable (VBNC) state. This work clearly demonstrates that L. monocytogenes can form biofilms in TW and that sessile cells can remain viable and cultivable in some conditions for at least the 48 h investigated. On the other hand, VBNC adaptation suggests that the pathogen can remain undetectable using traditional culture recovery techniques, which may give a false indication of processing surface hygiene status, leading to potential cross-contamination of food products.
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- Maria S Gião
- Environmental Healthcare Unit, Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Life Sciences Building, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK,
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Costaglioli P, Barthe C, Claverol S, Brözel VS, Perrot M, Crouzet M, Bonneu M, Garbay B, Vilain S. Evidence for the involvement of the anthranilate degradation pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation. Microbiologyopen 2012; 1:326-39. [PMID: 23170231 PMCID: PMC3496976 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2012] [Revised: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 07/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Bacterial biofilms are complex cell communities found attached to surfaces and surrounded by an extracellular matrix composed of exopolysaccharides, DNA, and proteins. We investigated the whole-genome expression profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sessile cells (SCs) present in biofilms developed on a glass wool substratum. The transcriptome and proteome of SCs were compared with those of planktonic cell cultures. Principal component analysis revealed a biofilm-specific gene expression profile. Our study highlighted the overexpression of genes controlling the anthranilate degradation pathway in the SCs grown on glass wool for 24 h. In this condition, the metabolic pathway that uses anthranilate for Pseudomonas quinolone signal production was not activated, which suggested that anthranilate was primarily being consumed for energy metabolism. Transposon mutants defective for anthranilate degradation were analyzed in a simple assay of biofilm formation. The phenotypic analyses confirmed that P. aeruginosa biofilm formation partially depended on the activity of the anthranilate degradation pathway. This work points to a new feature concerning anthranilate metabolism in P. aeruginosa SCs.
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- Patricia Costaglioli
- Biotechnologie des Protéines Recombinantes à Visée Santé, University Bordeaux EA4135, F-33000, Bordeaux, France
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Koerdt A, Orell A, Pham TK, Mukherjee J, Wlodkowski A, Karunakaran E, Biggs CA, Wright PC, Albers SV. Macromolecular fingerprinting of sulfolobus species in biofilm: a transcriptomic and proteomic approach combined with spectroscopic analysis. J Proteome Res 2011; 10:4105-19. [PMID: 21761944 PMCID: PMC3166137 DOI: 10.1021/pr2003006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Microorganisms in nature often live in surface-associated sessile communities, encased in a self-produced matrix, referred to as biofilms. Biofilms have been well studied in bacteria but in a limited way for archaea. We have recently characterized biofilm formation in three closely related hyperthermophilic crenarchaeotes: Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, S. solfataricus, and S. tokodaii. These strains form different communities ranging from simple carpet structures in S. solfataricus to high density tower-like structures in S. acidocaldarius under static condition. Here, we combine spectroscopic, proteomic, and transcriptomic analyses to describe physiological and regulatory features associated with biofilms. Spectroscopic analysis reveals that in comparison to planktonic life-style, biofilm life-style has distinctive influence on the physiology of each Sulfolobus spp. Proteomic and transcriptomic data show that biofilm-forming life-style is strain specific (eg ca. 15% of the S. acidocaldarius genes were differently expressed, S. solfataricus and S. tokodaii had ∼3.4 and ∼1%, respectively). The -omic data showed that regulated ORFs were widely distributed in basic cellular functions, including surface modifications. Several regulated genes are common to biofilm-forming cells in all three species. One of the most striking common response genes include putative Lrs14-like transcriptional regulators, indicating their possible roles as a key regulatory factor in biofilm development. S. acidocaldarius, S. solfataricus, and S. tokodaii strains were grown independently as biofilms. Comparison between planktonic and biofilm cell popupations of all three strains was performed by spectroscopic analysis (FTIR and XPS), iTRAQ proteomics, and RNA microarrays. To highlight common features in biofilm formation among the Sulfolobus strains, the data is presented as a comparative analysis. One of the most striking common response genes include putative Lrs14-like transcriptional regulators, suggesting their roles as key regulatory factor in biofilm development.
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- Andrea Koerdt
- Molecular Biology of Archaea, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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Komatsu T, Salih E, Helmerhorst EJ, Offner GD, Oppenheim FG. Influence of histatin 5 on Candida albicans mitochondrial protein expression assessed by quantitative mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2010; 10:646-55. [PMID: 21080726 DOI: 10.1021/pr100861k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Individual aspects of the mode of action of histatin 5, a human salivary antifungal protein, have been partially elucidated, but the mechanism likely involves a complex set of events that have not been characterized. Previous evidence points toward histatin-induced alterations in mitochondrial function. The purpose of the present study was to verify and quantify changes in the mitochondrial proteome of Candida albicans treated with histatin 5. Cell killing was determined by plating and differential protein expression levels in the mitochondrial samples were determined by quantitative proteomics approaches employing mTRAQ and ICAT labeling and Western blotting. Relative quantitation ratios were established for 144 different proteins. Up-regulated mitochondrial proteins were predominantly involved in genome maintenance and gene expression, whereas proteins that constitute the respiratory enzyme complexes were mostly down-regulated. The differential expression of ATP synthase gamma chain and elongation factor 1-alpha were confirmed by Western blotting by comparison to levels of cytochrome c which were unchanged upon histatin treatment. The mTRAQ and ICAT proteomics results suggest that key steps in the histatin 5 antifungal mechanism involve a bioenergetic collapse of C. albicans, caused essentially by a decrease in mitochondrial ATP synthesis.
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- Tomoko Komatsu
- Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Seneviratne G, Weerasekara MLMAW, Seneviratne KACN, Zavahir JS, Kecskés ML, Kennedy IR. Importance of Biofilm Formation in Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacterial Action. PLANT GROWTH AND HEALTH PROMOTING BACTERIA 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13612-2_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Signals, regulatory networks, and materials that build and break bacterial biofilms. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2009; 73:310-47. [PMID: 19487730 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00041-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 592] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Biofilms are communities of microorganisms that live attached to surfaces. Biofilm formation has received much attention in the last decade, as it has become clear that virtually all types of bacteria can form biofilms and that this may be the preferred mode of bacterial existence in nature. Our current understanding of biofilm formation is based on numerous studies of myriad bacterial species. Here, we review a portion of this large body of work including the environmental signals and signaling pathways that regulate biofilm formation, the components of the biofilm matrix, and the mechanisms and regulation of biofilm dispersal.
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Potential of biofilm-based biofuel production. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 83:1-18. [PMID: 19300995 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-1940-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2008] [Revised: 03/02/2009] [Accepted: 03/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Biofilm technology has been extensively applied to wastewater treatment, but its potential application in biofuel production has not been explored. Current technologies of converting lignocellulose materials to biofuel are hampered by costly processing steps in pretreatment, saccharification, and product recovery. Biofilms may have a potential to improve efficiency of these processes. Advantages of biofilms include concentration of cell-associated hydrolytic enzymes at the biofilm-substrate interface to increase reaction rates, a layered microbial structure in which multiple species may sequentially convert complex substrates and coferment hexose and pentose as hydrolysates diffuse outward, and the possibility of fungal-bacterial symbioses that allow simultaneous delignification and saccharification. More importantly, the confined microenvironment within a biofilm selectively rewards cells with better phenotypes conferred from intercellular gene or signal exchange, a process which is absent in suspended cultures. The immobilized property of biofilm, especially when affixed to a membrane, simplifies the separation of biofuel from its producer and promotes retention of biomass for continued reaction in the fermenter. Highly consolidated bioprocessing, including delignification, saccharification, fermentation, and separation in a single reactor, may be possible through the application of biofilm technology. To date, solid-state fermentation is the only biofuel process to which the advantages of biofilms have been applied, even though it has received limited attention and improvements. The transfer of biofilm technology from environmental engineering has the potential to spur great innovations in the optimization of biofuel production.
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DNA as an adhesin: Bacillus cereus requires extracellular DNA to form biofilms. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:2861-8. [PMID: 19251901 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01317-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The soil saprophyte Bacillus cereus forms biofilms at solid-liquid interfaces. The composition of the extracellular polymeric matrix is not known, but biofilms of other bacteria are encased in polysaccharides, protein, and also extracellular DNA (eDNA). A Tn917 screen for strains impaired in biofilm formation at a solid-liquid interface yielded several mutants. Three mutants deficient in the purine biosynthesis genes purA, purC, and purL were biofilm impaired, but they grew planktonically like the wild type in Luria-Bertani broth. Biofilm populations had higher purA, purC, and purL transcript ratios than planktonic cultures, as measured by real-time PCR. Laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) of BacLight-stained samples indicated that there were nucleic acids in the cell-associated matrix. This eDNA could be mobilized off the biofilm into an agarose gel matrix through electrophoresis, and it was a substrate for DNase. Glass surfaces exposed to exponentially growing populations acquired a DNA-containing conditioning film, as indicated by LSCM. Planktonic exponential-phase cells released DNA into an agarose gel matrix through electrophoresis, while stationary-phase populations did not do this. DNase treatment of planktonic exponential-phase populations rendered cells more susceptible than control populations to the DNA-interacting antibiotic actinomycin D. Exponential-phase purA cells did not contain detectable eDNA, nor did they convey a DNA-containing conditioning film to the glass surface. These results indicate that exponential-phase cells of B. cereus ATCC 14579 are decorated with eDNA and that biofilm formation requires DNA as part of the extracellular polymeric matrix.
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Serra DO, Lücking G, Weiland F, Schulz S, Görg A, Yantorno OM, Ehling-Schulz M. Proteome approaches combined with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed a distinctive biofilm physiology in Bordetella pertussis. Proteomics 2008; 8:4995-5010. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200800218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Josic D, Kovač S. Application of proteomics in biotechnology – Microbial proteomics. Biotechnol J 2008; 3:496-509. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.200700234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Seneviratne G, Zavahir JS, Bandara WMMS, Weerasekara MLMAW. Fungal-bacterial biofilms: their development for novel biotechnological applications. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-007-9539-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Seneviratne G, Indrasena IK. Nitrogen fixation in lichens is important for improved rock weathering. J Biosci 2007; 31:639-43. [PMID: 17301502 DOI: 10.1007/bf02708416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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It is known that cyanobacteria in cyanolichens fix nitrogen for their nutrition.However, specific uses of the fixed nitrogen have not been examined. The present study shows experimentally that a mutualistic interaction between a heterotrophic N2 fixer and lichen fungi in the presence of a carbon source can contribute to enhanced release of organic acids, leading to improved solubilization of the mineral substrate. Three lichen fungi were isolated from Xanthoparmelia mexicana, a foliose lichen, and they were cultured separately or with a heterotrophic N2 fixer in nutrient broth media in the presence of a mineral substrate. Cells of the N2-fixing bacteria attached to the mycelial mats of all fungi, forming biofilms. All biofilms showed higher solubilizations of the substrate than cultures of their fungi alone. This finding has bearing on the significance of the origin and existence of N2-fixing activity in the evolution of lichen symbiosis. Further, our results may explain why there are N2-fixing photobionts even in the presence of non- fixing photobionts (green algae) in some remarkable lichens such as Placopsis gelida. Our study sheds doubt on the idea that the establishment of terrestrial eukaryotes was possible only through the association between a fungus and a phototroph.
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- Gamini Seneviratne
- Biological Nitrogen Fixation Project, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
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. JZ, . GS. Potential of Developed Microbial Biofilms in Generating Bioactive Compounds. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.3923/jm.2007.397.401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Suen G, Arshinoff BI, Taylor RG, Welch RD. Practical Applications of Bacterial Functional Genomics. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 2007; 24:213-42. [DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2007.10648101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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