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Tan CAZ, Chong KKL, Yeong DYX, Ng CHM, Ismail MH, Yap ZH, Khetrapal V, Tay VSY, Drautz-Moses DI, Ali Y, Chen SL, Kline KA. Purine and carbohydrate availability drive Enterococcus faecalis fitness during wound and urinary tract infections. mBio 2024; 15:e0238423. [PMID: 38078746 PMCID: PMC10790769 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02384-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024] Open
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IMPORTANCE Although E. faecalis is a common wound pathogen, its pathogenic mechanisms during wound infection are unexplored. Here, combining a mouse wound infection model with in vivo transposon and RNA sequencing approaches, we identified the E. faecalis purine biosynthetic pathway and galactose/mannose MptABCD phosphotransferase system as essential for E. faecalis acute replication and persistence during wound infection, respectively. The essentiality of purine biosynthesis and the MptABCD PTS is driven by the consumption of purine metabolites by E. faecalis during acute replication and changing carbohydrate availability during the course of wound infection. Overall, our findings reveal the importance of the wound microenvironment in E. faecalis wound pathogenesis and how these metabolic pathways can be targeted to better control wound infections.
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- Casandra Ai Zhu Tan
- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Laboratory of Bacterial Genomics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Fitzgerald BA, Wadud A, Slimak Z, Slonczewski JL. Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF Evolution at Low pH Selects Fusidate-Sensitive Mutants in Elongation Factor G and at High pH Selects Defects in Phosphate Transport. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0046623. [PMID: 37272807 PMCID: PMC10304957 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00466-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023] Open
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Enterococcus bacteria inhabit human and soil environments that show a wide range of pH values. Strains include commensals as well as antibiotic-resistant pathogens. We investigated the adaptation to pH stress in E. faecalis OG1RF by conducting experimental evolution under acidic (pH 4.8), neutral pH (pH 7.0), and basic (pH 9.0) conditions. A serial planktonic culture was performed for 500 generations and in a high-pH biofilm culture for 4 serial bead transfers. Nearly all of the mutations led to nonsynonomous codons, indicating adaptive selection. All of the acid-adapted clones from the planktonic culture showed a mutation in fusA (encoding elongation factor G). The acid-adapted fusA mutants had a trade-off of decreased resistance to fusidic acid (fusidate). All of the base-adapted clones from the planktonic cultures as well as some from the biofilm-adapted cultures showed mutations that affected the Pst phosphate ABC transporter (pstA, pstB, pstB2, pstC) and pyrR (pyrimidine biosynthesis regulator/uracil phosphoribosyltransferase). The biofilm cultures produced small-size colonies on brain heart infusion agar. These variants each contained a single mutation in pstB2, pstC, or pyrR. The pst and pyrR mutants outgrew the ancestral strain at pH 9.2, with a trade-off of lower growth at pH 4.8. Additional genes that had a mutation in multiple clones that evolved at high pH (but not at low pH) include opp1BCDF (oligopeptide ABC transporter), ccpA (catabolite control protein A), and ftsZ (septation protein). Overall, the experimental evolution of E. faecalis showed a strong pH dependence, favoring the fusidate-sensitive elongation factor G modification at low pH and the loss of phosphate transport genes at high pH. IMPORTANCE E. faecalis bacteria are found in dental biofilms, where they experience low pH as a result of fermentative metabolism. Thus, the effect of pH on antibiotic resistance has clinical importance. The loss of fusidate resistance is notable for OG1RF strains in which fusidate resistance is assumed to be a stable genetic marker. In endodontal infections, enterococci can resist calcium hydroxide therapy that generates extremely high pH values. In other environments, such as the soil and plant rhizosphere, enterococci experience acidification that is associated with climate change. Thus, the pH modulation of natural selection in enterococci is important for human health as well as for understanding soil environments.
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- Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA
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Yang X, Zhao X, Chen V, Hang HC. Chemical proteomic analysis of bile acid-protein targets in Enterococcus faecium. RSC Chem Biol 2022; 3:1397-1402. [PMID: 36544573 PMCID: PMC9709779 DOI: 10.1039/d2cb00178k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Bile acids are important gut microbiota metabolites that regulate both host and microbial functions. To identify the direct protein targets of bile acids in Enterococcus, we synthesized and validated the activity of a lithocholic acid (LCA) photoaffinity reporter, x-alk-LCA-3. Chemical proteomics of x-alk-LCA-3 in E. faecium Com15 reveals many candidate LCA-interacting proteins, which are involved in cell well synthesis, transcriptional regulation and metabolism. To validate the utility of bile acid photoaffinity labeling, we characterized a putative bile salt hydrolase (BSH) crosslinked by x-alk-LCA-3, and demonstrated that this BSH was effective in converting taurolithocholic acid (TLCA) to LCA in E. faecium and in vitro. Chemical proteomics should afford new opportunities to characterize bile acid-protein targets and mechanisms of action in the future.
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- Xinglin Yang
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Scripps Research La Jolla California 92037 USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Scripps Research La Jolla California 92037 USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis, The Rockefeller University New York New York 10065 USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Scripps Research La Jolla California 92037 USA
- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research La Jolla California 92037 USA
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Liu B, Zhuang S, Tian R, Liu Y, Wang Y, Lei X, Wang C. Chemoproteomic Profiling Reveals the Mechanism of Bile Acid Tolerance in Bacteria. ACS Chem Biol 2022; 17:2461-2470. [PMID: 36049085 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Bile acids (BAs) are a class of endogenous metabolites with important functions. As amphipathic molecules, BAs have strong antibacterial effects, preventing overgrowth of the gut microbiota and defending the invasion of pathogens. However, some disease-causing pathogens can survive the BA stress and knowledge is limited about how they develop BA tolerance. In this work, we applied a quantitative chemoproteomic strategy to profile BA-interacting proteins in bacteria, aiming to discover the sensing pathway of BAs. Using a clickable and photo-affinity BA probe with quantitative mass spectrometry, we identified a list of histidine kinases (HKs) of the two-component systems (TCS) in bacteria as the novel binding targets of BA. Genetic screening revealed that knocking out one specific HK, EnvZ, renders bacteria with significant sensitivity to BA. Further biochemical and genetic experiments demonstrated that BA binds to a specific pocket in EnvZ and activates a downstream signaling pathway to help efflux of BA from bacteria, resulting in BA tolerance. Collectively, our data revealed that EnvZ is a novel sensor of BA in bacteria and its associated TCS signaling pathway plays a critical role in mediating bacterial BA tolerance, which opens new opportunities to combat BA-tolerating pathogens.
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- Biwei Liu
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.,Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.,Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Duszka K. Versatile Triad Alliance: Bile Acid, Taurine and Microbiota. Cells 2022; 11:2337. [PMID: 35954180 PMCID: PMC9367564 DOI: 10.3390/cells11152337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Taurine is the most abundant free amino acid in the body, and is mainly derived from the diet, but can also be produced endogenously from cysteine. It plays multiple essential roles in the body, including development, energy production, osmoregulation, prevention of oxidative stress, and inflammation. Taurine is also crucial as a molecule used to conjugate bile acids (BAs). In the gastrointestinal tract, BAs deconjugation by enteric bacteria results in high levels of unconjugated BAs and free taurine. Depending on conjugation status and other bacterial modifications, BAs constitute a pool of related but highly diverse molecules, each with different properties concerning solubility and toxicity, capacity to activate or inhibit receptors of BAs, and direct and indirect impact on microbiota and the host, whereas free taurine has a largely protective impact on the host, serves as a source of energy for microbiota, regulates bacterial colonization and defends from pathogens. Several remarkable examples of the interaction between taurine and gut microbiota have recently been described. This review will introduce the necessary background information and lay out the latest discoveries in the interaction of the co-reliant triad of BAs, taurine, and microbiota.
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- Kalina Duszka
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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The de novo Purine Biosynthesis Pathway Is the Only Commonly Regulated Cellular Pathway during Biofilm Formation in TSB-Based Medium in Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0080421. [PMID: 34935415 PMCID: PMC8693917 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00804-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bacterial biofilms are involved in chronic infections and confer 10 to 1,000 times more resistance to antibiotics compared with planktonic growth, leading to complications and treatment failure. When transitioning from a planktonic lifestyle to biofilms, some Gram-positive bacteria are likely to modulate several cellular pathways, including central carbon metabolism, biosynthesis pathways, and production of secondary metabolites. These metabolic adaptations might play a crucial role in biofilm formation by Gram-positive pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis. Here, we performed a transcriptomic approach to identify cellular pathways that might be similarly regulated during biofilm formation in these bacteria. Different strains and biofilm-inducing media were used to identify a set of regulated genes that are common and independent of the environment or accessory genomes analyzed. Our approach highlighted that the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway was upregulated in biofilms of both species when using a tryptone soy broth-based medium but not so when a brain heart infusion-based medium was used. We did not identify other pathways commonly regulated between both pathogens. Gene deletions and usage of a drug targeting a key enzyme showed the importance of this pathway in biofilm formation of S. aureus. The importance of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway might reflect an important need for purine during biofilm establishment, and thus could constitute a promising drug target. IMPORTANCE Biofilms are often involved in nosocomial infections and can cause serious chronic infections if not treated properly. Current anti-biofilm strategies rely on antibiotic usage, but they have a limited impact because of the biofilm intrinsic tolerance to drugs. Metabolism remodeling likely plays a central role during biofilm formation. Using comparative transcriptomics of different strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis, we determined that almost all cellular adaptations are not shared between strains and species. Interestingly, we observed that the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway was upregulated during biofilm formation by both species in a specific medium. The requirement for purine could constitute an interesting new anti-biofilm target with a wide spectrum that could also prevent resistance evolution. These results are also relevant to a better understanding of the physiology of biofilm formation.
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Arora S, Saquib SA, Algarni YA, Kader MA, Ahmad I, Alshahrani MY, Saluja P, Baba SM, Abdulla AM, Bavabeedu SS. Synergistic Effect of Plant Extracts on Endodontic Pathogens Isolated from Teeth with Root Canal Treatment Failure: An In Vitro Study. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:552. [PMID: 34065139 PMCID: PMC8151008 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10050552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the synergistic antimicrobial activity of extracts obtained from Salvadora persica (Miswak), Commiphora molmol (myrrh) and Azadirachta indica (neem) in combination with commercially available antimicrobial agents: penicillin, tetracycline, ofloxacin and fluconazole on endodontic pathogens such as Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus mitis,Actinomyces naeslundii and Candida albicans. MATERIALS AND METHODS Microbiological samples from the root canals of the teeth undergoing retreatment were taken using sterile paper points kept at full length in the canal for 30 s. The disc diffusion method was used to check the susceptibility of microbes to the plant extracts and antimicrobials by measuring the diameter of the inhibition zones. Against the microbes, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC)/minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) of the plant extracts were assessed. The fractional inhibitory concentration index (FICI) was used to estimate the synergistic effect of plant extracts combined with antimicrobials against the resistant endodontic microbes. RESULTS The findings clearly indicate the effectiveness of all the three plant extracts, Commiphora molmol, Azadirachta indica, Salvadora persica, against all the experimental pathogenic microorganisms except for the ineffectiveness of Azadirachta indica, Salvadora persica against Candidaalbicans. Maximum antimicrobial activity was displayed by Azadirachta indica against Enterococcusfaecalis (MIC = 0.09 ± 1.2 mg/mL, MBC = 0.78 ± 1.25 mg/mL) and the minimum antimicrobial activity was displayed by Commiphora molmol against Actinomyces naeslundii (MIC = 12.5 ± 3.25 mg/mL, MBC = 100 ± 3.75 mg/mL). The best synergy was displayed by Commiphora molmol with fluconazole against Candidaalbicans (FICI = 0.45). CONCLUSIONS The current study delineates the variable antimicrobial activity of plant extracts against the experimental endodontic pathogenic microorganisms. Plant extracts in conjunction with various antimicrobials can be valuable aids in combating relatively resistant endodontic microorganisms that have been the cause of worry in recent years, leading to failure even in treatment procedures following all required protocols.
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- Suraj Arora
- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia; (Y.AA.); (M.A.K.); (S.M.B.); (S.S.B.)
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- Department of Periodontics and Community Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia; (Y.AA.); (M.A.K.); (S.M.B.); (S.S.B.)
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- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia; (Y.AA.); (M.A.K.); (S.M.B.); (S.S.B.)
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia; (I.A.); (M.YA.)
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia; (I.A.); (M.YA.)
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, JCD Dental College, Sirsa 125055, India;
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- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia; (Y.AA.); (M.A.K.); (S.M.B.); (S.S.B.)
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia; (Y.AA.); (M.A.K.); (S.M.B.); (S.S.B.)
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Efficient Spray-Drying of Lactobacillus rhamnosus PTCC 1637 Using Total CFU yield as the decision factor. FOOD BIOSCI 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2020.100816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Effects of Osmotic Stress and Sodium Hypochlorite on Endodontic Microbiota: An In-Vitro Study. Eur Endod J 2020; 5:242-247. [PMID: 33353919 PMCID: PMC7881376 DOI: 10.14744/eej.2020.70883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Objective: To assess the effect of osmotic stress on various bacteria in a planktonic milieu and the effect of exposure to sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) on the microbial cells previously subjected to osmotic stress. Methods: Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus sanguinis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Porphyromonas gingivalis and Prevotella intermedia were suspended as follows: Iso-osmotic group 0.9% NaCl; Hypo-osmotic group “ultrapure water”; Hyper-osmotic group 9% NaCl solution for 120 hours before exposure to 0.0001% NaOCl for 10 minutes. Quantitative analyses of viable cells were performed at 0 and 120 hours and after exposure to NaOCl to obtain colony forming units (CFU/mL). A linear mixed-effects model was used to find the association between mean CFU/mL (logarithmic transformation) and the interaction of solution Group and Time (P<0.001). Results: F. nucleatum, P. gingivalis and P. intermedia did not survive after 24 hours in any of the solutions and were excluded from further testing. For S. sanguinis there were significant differences at each time interval, when holding solution group constant. After 120 hours, the Hyper-osmotic group presented with the highest CFU/mL and was significantly different to the Iso-osmotic group (P<0.001). For E. Faecalis, there was a significant difference for each pairwise comparison of time (P<0.001) in mean CFU/mL between 0 hours and 120 hours for the Iso-osmotic and Hyper-osmotic groups. At 120 hours, no significant differences were found between the three groups. Significant differences were also found between 0 hours and Post-NaOCl administration, and between 120 hours and Post-NaOCl administration for all three groups (P<0.001). Exposure to NaOCl after hypo-osmotic stress was associated with significantly less CFU/mL for S. sanguinis compared to hyperosmosis and iso-osmosis (P<0.001) and for E. Faecalis only compared to hyperosmosis (P<0.001). Conclusion: S. sanguinis and E. faecalis were able to withstand osmotic stress for 120 hours. Hypo-osmotic stress before contact with NaOCl was associated with lower viable bacterial numbers, when compared to the other media for the above species. Hyper-osmotic stress was associated with higher viable bacterial numbers after NaOCl exposure for E. faecalis.
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Gaucher F, Gagnaire V, Rabah H, Maillard MB, Bonnassie S, Pottier S, Marchand P, Jan G, Blanc P, Jeantet R. Taking Advantage of Bacterial Adaptation in Order to Optimize Industrial Production of Dry Propionibacterium freudenreichii. Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7100477. [PMID: 31652621 PMCID: PMC6843336 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7100477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Propionibacterium freudenreichii is a beneficial bacterium, used both as a probiotic and as a cheese starter. Large-scale production of P. freudenreichii is required to meet growing consumers’ demand. Production, drying and storage must be optimized, in order to guarantee high P.freudenreichii viability within powders. Compared to freeze-drying, spray drying constitutes the most productive and efficient, yet the most stressful process, imposing severe oxidative and thermal constraints. The aim of our study was to provide the tools in order to optimize the industrial production of dry P.freudenreichii. Bacterial adaptation is a well-known protective mechanism and may be used to improve bacterial tolerance towards technological stresses. However, the choice of bacterial adaptation type must consider industrial constraints. In this study, we combined (i) modulation of the growth medium composition, (ii) heat-adaptation, and (iii) osmoadaptation, in order to increase P.freudenreichii tolerance towards technological stresses, including thermal and oxidative constraints, using an experimental design. We further investigated optimal growth and adaptation conditions, by monitoring intracellular compatible solutes accumulation. Glucose addition, coupled to heat-adaptation, triggered accumulation of trehalose and of glycine betaine, which further provided high tolerance towards spray drying and storage. This work opens new perspectives for high quality and fast production of live propionibacteria at the industrial scale.
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- Floriane Gaucher
- UMR STLO, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, F-35042 Rennes, France.
- Bioprox, 6 rue Barbès, 92532 Levallois-Perret, France.
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- UMR STLO, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, F-35042 Rennes, France.
- Bba, Pôle Agronomique Ouest, Régions Bretagne et Pays de la Loire, F-35042 Rennes, France.
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- UMR STLO, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, F-35042 Rennes, France.
- Université de Rennes I, University Rennes, 35000 Rennes, France.
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- University Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, PRISM, BIOSIT-UMS 3480, F-35000 Rennes, France.
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- UMR STLO, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, F-35042 Rennes, France.
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- UMR STLO, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, F-35042 Rennes, France.
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Exploiting biofilm phenotypes for functional characterization of hypothetical genes in Enterococcus faecalis. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes 2019; 5:23. [PMID: 31552139 PMCID: PMC6753144 DOI: 10.1038/s41522-019-0099-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Enterococcus faecalis is a commensal organism as well as an important nosocomial pathogen, and its infections are typically linked to biofilm formation. Nearly 25% of the E. faecalis OG1RF genome encodes hypothetical genes or genes of unknown function. Elucidating their function and how these gene products influence biofilm formation is critical for understanding E. faecalis biology. To identify uncharacterized early biofilm determinants, we performed a genetic screen using an arrayed transposon (Tn) library containing ~2000 mutants in hypothetical genes/intergenic regions and identified eight uncharacterized predicted protein-coding genes required for biofilm formation. We demonstrate that OG1RF_10435 encodes a phosphatase that modulates global protein expression and arginine catabolism and propose renaming this gene bph (biofilm phosphatase). We present a workflow for combining phenotype-driven experimental and computational evaluation of hypothetical gene products in E. faecalis, which can be used to study hypothetical genes required for biofilm formation and other phenotypes of diverse bacteria.
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Wei Y, Gao J, Liu D, Li Y, Liu W. Adaptational changes in physiological and transcriptional responses of Bifidobacterium longum involved in acid stress resistance after successive batch cultures. Microb Cell Fact 2019; 18:156. [PMID: 31514746 PMCID: PMC6743126 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-019-1206-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Bifidobacterium inhabiting the human and animal intestinal tract is known for its health-promoting effect. Tolerance to acid stress is crucial for bifidobacteria to survive and then exert their beneficial effects in the gut. A long-term adaptation in successive batch cultures was used as evolutionary engineering strategy to improve acid stress tolerance in an industrial probiotic strain, B. longum JDM301. Its derivative, JDM301AR showed higher resistance to several stress conditions, including acid stress than the parental strain, JDM301. To better understand bifidobacterial acid stress response, the changes of fatty acid (FA) in cell membrane of these two strains were determined. A shift in the production of FA in cell membrane, characterized by increased C14:0 was found, when JDM301AR was exposed to low-pH environment. It was implied that the increased production of C14:0 is associated with the acquisition of acid-tolerant phenotype for JDM301AR. High-throughput RNA-sequencing was performed to analyze the changes of gene expression profile after acid-exposure. The transcriptional profiles of JDM301AR and JDM301 under normal condition and acid stress were compared to reveal the different acid response between them. A total of 5 genes involved in FA metabolism were upregulated and no downregulated genes were found in response to acid stress in JDM301AR. The up-regulated BLJ_0565 and BLJ_1105 may play important roles in the modification of membrane FA composition of JDM301AR after acid exposure. Overall, these results suggested that successive batch cultures induced the acid stress tolerance of B. longum involved in transcriptional and physiological responses, including modification of cell wall and cell membrane, metabolism of amino acid and neutralization of internal pH by strengthening NH3 production and transport.
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- Yanxia Wei
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology/School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 22104, Jiangsu, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology/School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 22104, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology/School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 22104, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology/School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 22104, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology/School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 22104, Jiangsu, China
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Adaptation to Adversity: the Intermingling of Stress Tolerance and Pathogenesis in Enterococci. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2019; 83:83/3/e00008-19. [PMID: 31315902 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00008-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Enterococcus is a diverse and rugged genus colonizing the gastrointestinal tract of humans and numerous hosts across the animal kingdom. Enterococci are also a leading cause of multidrug-resistant hospital-acquired infections. In each of these settings, enterococci must contend with changing biophysical landscapes and innate immune responses in order to successfully colonize and transit between hosts. Therefore, it appears that the intrinsic durability that evolved to make enterococci optimally competitive in the host gastrointestinal tract also ideally positioned them to persist in hospitals, despite disinfection protocols, and acquire new antibiotic resistances from other microbes. Here, we discuss the molecular mechanisms and regulation employed by enterococci to tolerate diverse stressors and highlight the role of stress tolerance in the biology of this medically relevant genus.
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Fiore E, Van Tyne D, Gilmore MS. Pathogenicity of Enterococci. Microbiol Spectr 2019; 7:10.1128/microbiolspec.gpp3-0053-2018. [PMID: 31298205 PMCID: PMC6629438 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.gpp3-0053-2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Enterococci are unusually well adapted for survival and persistence in a variety of adverse environments, including on inanimate surfaces in the hospital environment and at sites of infection. This intrinsic ruggedness undoubtedly played a role in providing opportunities for enterococci to interact with other overtly drug-resistant microbes and acquire additional resistances on mobile elements. The rapid rise of antimicrobial resistance among hospital-adapted enterococci has rendered hospital-acquired infections a leading therapeutic challenge. With about a quarter of a genome of additional DNA conveyed by mobile elements, there are undoubtedly many more properties that have been acquired that help enterococci persist and spread in the hospital setting and cause diseases that have yet to be defined. Much remains to be learned about these ancient and rugged microbes, particularly in the area of pathogenic mechanisms involved with human diseases.
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- Elizabeth Fiore
- Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114
- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114
- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114
- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Byakika S, Mukisa IM, Byaruhanga YB, Muyanja C. A Review of Criteria and Methods for Evaluating the Probiotic Potential of Microorganisms. FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2019.1584815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Stellah Byakika
- Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Food Technology Nutrition and Bioengineering, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Food Technology Nutrition and Bioengineering, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Food Technology Nutrition and Bioengineering, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Food Technology Nutrition and Bioengineering, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Chen Z, Jiang X. Selection of indigenous indicator micro-organisms for validating desiccation-adapted Salmonella reduction in physically heat-treated poultry litter. J Appl Microbiol 2017; 122:1558-1569. [PMID: 28374481 DOI: 10.1111/jam.13464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Revised: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS The thermal resistance of desiccation-adapted Salmonella Senftenberg 775/W was compared with those of indigenous enterococci and total aerobic bacteria in poultry litter. METHODS AND RESULTS Aged broiler litter and composted turkey litter with 20, 30, 40 and 50% moisture contents were inoculated with desiccation-adapted Salm. Senftenberg 775/W, and then heat-treated at 75 and 85°C. Compared to total aerobic bacteria, there were better correlations between mean log reductions of desiccation-adapted Salm. Senftenberg 775/W and indigenous enterococci in broiler litter samples with 20, 30, 40 and 50% moisture contents at 75°C (R2 > 0·91), and 20, 30 and 40% moisture contents at 85°C (R2 > 0·87). The mean log reductions of Salm. Senftenberg 775/W were better correlated with those of indigenous enterococci in turkey litter samples with 20, 30, 40 and 50% moisture contents at 75°C (R2 > 0·88), and 20 and 30% moisture contents at 85°C (R2 = 0·83) than those of total aerobic bacteria, which had a better correlation in turkey litter sample with 40% (R2 = 0·98) moisture content at 85°C. CONCLUSION Indigenous enterococci may be used to validate the thermal processing of poultry litter, as it predicts the survival behaviour of Salmonella under some treatment conditions. SIGNIFICANCE AND THE IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study provides some scientific data for poultry litter processors when validating the effectiveness of thermal processing.
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- Z Chen
- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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Cebrián G, Condón S, Mañas P. Physiology of the Inactivation of Vegetative Bacteria by Thermal Treatments: Mode of Action, Influence of Environmental Factors and Inactivation Kinetics. Foods 2017; 6:E107. [PMID: 29189748 PMCID: PMC5742775 DOI: 10.3390/foods6120107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Heat has been used extensively in the food industry as a preservation method, especially due to its ability to inactivate microorganisms present in foods. However, many aspects regarding the mechanisms of bacterial inactivation by heat and the factors affecting this process are still not fully understood. The purpose of this review is to offer a general overview of the most important aspects of the physiology of the inactivation or survival of microorganisms, particularly vegetative bacteria, submitted to heat treatments. This could help improve the design of current heat processes methods in order to apply milder and/or more effective treatments that could fulfill consumer requirements for fresh-like foods while maintaining the advantages of traditional heat treatments.
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- Guillermo Cebrián
- Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria de Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria de Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria de Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
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Balakrishna N, Moogi P, Kumar GV, Prashanth BR, Shetty NK, Rao KR. Effect of conventional irrigation and photoactivated disinfection on Enterococcus faecalis in root canals: An in vitro study. J Conserv Dent 2017; 20:125-128. [PMID: 28855761 PMCID: PMC5564239 DOI: 10.4103/0972-0707.212244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Aims: A study was done to evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) and photoactivated disinfection (PAD) on Enterococcus faecalis. Settings and Design: Random sampling, in-vitro study. Subjects and Methods: Access opening and biomechanical preparation were performed on fifty freshly extracted mandibular second premolars. The specimens were sterilized; 15 μm of E. faecalis was inoculated into each canal and incubated at 36°C for 24 h. Later, specimens were randomly divided into two groups of fifty each and following procedures was carried out: (i) conventional irrigation with 2.25% NaOCl (ii) PAD using diode laser, and toluidine blue photosensitizer. Samples were collected from each canal using sterile paper points which were deposited in brain heart infusion broth, and microbiological evaluation was carried out. Statistical Analysis Used: Student's t-test was used to find the significant difference in the reduction of colony forming unit (CFU) between the groups. Results: The mean CFUs of the two groups showed statistically significant difference (P = 0.001). Improved antibacterial efficacy was seen with PAD group compared to conventional NAOCL irrigation. Conclusions: NaOCl alone was not effective in eliminating E. faecalis completely from the root canals. PAD compared to conventional irrigation showed the best results in removing E. faecalis from root canals.
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- Niyati Balakrishna
- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, K.L.E. Society's Institute of Dental Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, K.L.E. Society's Institute of Dental Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, K.L.E. Society's Institute of Dental Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, K.L.E. Society's Institute of Dental Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, K.L.E. Society's Institute of Dental Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, K.L.E. Society's Institute of Dental Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Schott AS, Behr J, Quinn J, Vogel RF. MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Enables a Comprehensive and Fast Analysis of Dynamics and Qualities of Stress Responses of Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei F19. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0165504. [PMID: 27783652 PMCID: PMC5082675 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are widely used as starter cultures in the manufacture of foods. Upon preparation, these cultures undergo various stresses resulting in losses of survival and fitness. In order to find conditions for the subsequent identification of proteomic biomarkers and their exploitation for preconditioning of strains, we subjected Lactobacillus (Lb.) paracasei subsp. paracasei TMW 1.1434 (F19) to different stress qualities (osmotic stress, oxidative stress, temperature stress, pH stress and starvation stress). We analysed the dynamics of its stress responses based on the expression of stress proteins using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (MS), which has so far been used for species identification. Exploiting the methodology of accumulating protein expression profiles by MALDI-TOF MS followed by the statistical evaluation with cluster analysis and discriminant analysis of principle components (DAPC), it was possible to monitor the expression of low molecular weight stress proteins, identify a specific time point when the expression of stress proteins reached its maximum, and statistically differentiate types of adaptive responses into groups. Above the specific result for F19 and its stress response, these results demonstrate the discriminatory power of MALDI-TOF MS to characterize even dynamics of stress responses of bacteria and enable a knowledge-based focus on the laborious identification of biomarkers and stress proteins. To our knowledge, the implementation of MALDI-TOF MS protein profiling for the fast and comprehensive analysis of various stress responses is new to the field of bacterial stress responses. Consequently, we generally propose MALDI-TOF MS as an easy and quick method to characterize responses of microbes to different environmental conditions, to focus efforts of more elaborate approaches on time points and dynamics of stress responses.
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- Ann-Sophie Schott
- Lehrstuhl für Technische Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Bavarian Center for Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Technische Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Technische Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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Gesudu Q, Zheng Y, Xi X, Hou QC, Xu H, Huang W, Zhang H, Menghe B, Liu W. Investigating bacterial population structure and dynamics in traditional koumiss from Inner Mongolia using single molecule real-time sequencing. J Dairy Sci 2016; 99:7852-7863. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2016-11167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Gagnaire V, Jardin J, Rabah H, Briard-Bion V, Jan G. Emmental Cheese Environment Enhances Propionibacterium freudenreichii Stress Tolerance. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135780. [PMID: 26275229 PMCID: PMC4537189 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dairy propionibacteria are actinomycetales found in various fermented food products. The main species, Propionibacterium freudenreichii, is generally recognized as safe and used both as probiotic and as cheese starter. Its probiotic efficacy tightly depends on its tolerance towards digestive stresses, which can be largely modulated by the ingested delivery vehicle. Indeed, tolerance of this bacterium is enhanced when it is consumed within a fermented dairy product, compared to a dried probiotic preparation. We investigated both stress tolerance and protein neosynthesis upon growth in i) chemically defined or ii) aqueous phase of Emmental cheeses. Although the same final population level was reached in both media, a slower growth and an enhanced survival of CIRM BIA 1 strain of P. freudenreichii subsp. shermanii was observed in Emmental juice, compared to chemically defined medium. This was accompanied by differences in substrates used and products released as well as overexpression of various early stress adaptation proteins in Emmental juice, compared to chemically defined medium, implied in protein folding, in aspartate catabolism, in biosynthesis of valine, leucine and isoleucine, in pyruvate metabolism in citrate cycle, in the propionate metabolism, as well as in oxidoreductases. All these changes led to a higher digestive stress tolerance after growth in Emmental juice. Mechanisms of stress adaptation were induced in this environment, in accordance with enhanced survival. This opens perspectives for the use of hard and semi-hard cheeses as delivery vehicle for probiotics with enhanced efficacy.
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- Valérie Gagnaire
- INRA, UMR1253 STLO, Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Œuf, Rennes, France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST, UMR1253 STLO, Rennes, France
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- INRA, UMR1253 STLO, Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Œuf, Rennes, France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST, UMR1253 STLO, Rennes, France
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- INRA, UMR1253 STLO, Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Œuf, Rennes, France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST, UMR1253 STLO, Rennes, France
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- INRA, UMR1253 STLO, Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Œuf, Rennes, France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST, UMR1253 STLO, Rennes, France
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- INRA, UMR1253 STLO, Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Œuf, Rennes, France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST, UMR1253 STLO, Rennes, France
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Wang Y, Lavender P, Watson J, Arno M, Lehner T. Stress-activated Dendritic Cells (DC) Induce Dual Interleukin (IL)-15- and IL1β-mediated Pathways, Which May Elicit CD4+ Memory T Cells and Interferon (IFN)-stimulated Genes. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:15595-15609. [PMID: 25907558 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.645754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The prevailing evidence suggests that immunological memory does not require antigenic re-stimulation but is maintained by low level tonic stimulation. We examined the hypothesis that stress agents contribute to tonic cellular activation and maintain immunological memory. Stimulation of monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DC) with stress agents elicits reactive oxygen species and HSP70. NFκB is activated, which up-regulates membrane-associated (ma) IL-15, caspase-1 and IL-1β. Co-culture of stress-treated DC with mononuclear cells activates IL-15 and IL-1β receptors on CD4(+) T cells, eliciting CD40L, proliferation, and up-regulation of CD45RO(+) memory T cells. The transcription factors Tbet(high) and RORγt are up-regulated, whereas FoxP3 is down-regulated, resulting in enhanced Th1 and Th17 expression and the corresponding cytokines. The interaction between maIL-15 expressed by DC and IL-15R on CD4(+) T cells results in one pathway and the corresponding cells expressing IL-1β and IL1βR as a second pathway. Importantly, inhibition studies with IL-15 antibodies and IL-1βR inhibitor suggest that both pathways may be required for optimum CD4(+) CD45RO(+) memory T cell expression. Type 1 IFN expression in splenic CD11c DC of stress-treated mice demonstrated a significant increase of IFN-α in CD11c CD317(+) and CD8α(+) DC. Analysis of RNA in human CD4(+) memory T cells showed up-regulation of type 1 IFN-stimulated genes and inhibition with histone methyltransferase inhibitor. We suggest the paradigm that stress-induced tonic stimulation might be responsible for the robust persistence of the immune response in vaccination and that epigenetic changes are involved in maintaining CD4(+) T cell memory.
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- Yufei Wang
- Mucosal Immunology Unit, Kings College London, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom
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- MRC, and Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Kings College London, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom
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- MRC, and Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Kings College London, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom
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- Genomics Centre, Kings College London, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom
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- Mucosal Immunology Unit, Kings College London, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom.
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Gram-positive bacteria are leading causes of many types of human infection, including pneumonia, skin and nasopharyngeal infections, as well as urinary tract and surgical wound infections among hospitalized patients. These infections have become particularly problematic because many of the species causing them have become highly resistant to antibiotics. The role of mobile genetic elements, such as plasmids, in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance among Gram-positive bacteria has been well studied; less well understood is the role of mobile elements in the evolution and spread of virulence traits among these pathogens. While these organisms are leading agents of infection, they are also prominent members of the human commensal ecology. It appears that these bacteria are able to take advantage of the intimate association between host and commensal, via virulence traits that exacerbate infection and cause disease. However, evolution into an obligate pathogen has not occurred, presumably because it would lead to rejection of pathogenic organisms from the host ecology. Instead, in organisms that exist as both commensal and pathogen, selection has favored the development of mechanisms for variability. As a result, many virulence traits are localized on mobile genetic elements, such as virulence plasmids and pathogenicity islands. Virulence traits may occur within a minority of isolates of a given species, but these minority populations have nonetheless emerged as a leading problem in infectious disease. This chapter reviews virulence plasmids in nonsporulating Gram-positive bacteria, and examines their contribution to disease pathogenesis.
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Preventing microbial colonisation of catheters: Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of cellobiose dehydrogenase. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2014; 44:402-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Revised: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lindenstrauss AG, Ehrmann MA, Behr J, Landstorfer R, Haller D, Sartor RB, Vogel RF. Transcriptome analysis of Enterococcus faecalis toward its adaption to surviving in the mouse intestinal tract. Arch Microbiol 2014; 196:423-33. [PMID: 24700373 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-014-0982-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2014] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We have performed a transcriptomic in vivo study with Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF in the intestine of living mice to identify novel latent and adaptive fitness determinants within E. faecalis. From 2,658 genes that are present in E. faecalis strain OG1RF, 124 genes were identified as significantly differentially expressed within the intestinal tract of living mice as compared to exponential growth in BHI broth. The groups of significantly up- or down-regulated genes consisted of 94 and 30 genes, respectively, for which 46 and 18 a clear annotation to a functionally described protein was found. These included genes involved in energy metabolism (e.g., dhaK and glpK pathway), transport and binding mechanisms (e.g., phosphoenolpyruvate carbohydrate PTS) as well as fatty acid metabolism (fab genes). The novel putative fitness determinants found in this work may be helpful for future studies of E. faecalis adaptation to the intestinal tract, which is also a prerequisite for infection in a compromised or inflamed host.
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- Angela G Lindenstrauss
- Lehrstuhl für Technische Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München, Weihenstephaner Steig 16, 85350, Freising, Germany
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Growth temperature alters Salmonella Enteritidis heat/acid resistance, membrane lipid composition and stress/virulence related gene expression. Int J Food Microbiol 2014; 172:102-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Revised: 11/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wu RN, Wu ZX, Zhao CY, LV CM, Wu JR, Meng XJ. Identification of lactic acid bacteria in suancai, a traditional Northeastern Chinese fermented food, and salt response of Lactobacillus paracasei LN-1. ANN MICROBIOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-013-0776-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Zhang X, Bierschenk D, Top J, Anastasiou I, Bonten MJM, Willems RJL, van Schaik W. Functional genomic analysis of bile salt resistance in Enterococcus faecium. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:299. [PMID: 23641968 PMCID: PMC3653699 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Enterococcus faecium is a Gram-positive commensal bacterium of the mammalian intestinal tract. In the last two decades it has also emerged as a multi-resistant nosocomial pathogen. In order to survive in and colonize the human intestinal tract E. faecium must resist the deleterious actions of bile. The molecular mechanisms exploited by this bacterium to tolerate bile are as yet unexplored. Results In this study we used a high-throughput quantitative screening approach of transposon mutant library, termed Microarray-based Transposon Mapping (M-TraM), to identify the genetic determinants required for resistance to bile salts in E. faecium E1162. The gene gltK, which is predicted to encode a glutamate/aspartate transport system permease protein, was identified by M-TraM to be involved in bile resistance. The role of GltK in bile salt resistance was confirmed by the subsequent observation that the deletion of gltK significantly sensitized E. faecium E1162 to bile salts. To further characterize the response of E. faecium E1162 to bile salts, we performed a transcriptome analysis to identify genes that are regulated by exposure to 0.02% bile salts. Exposure to bile salts resulted in major transcriptional rearrangements, predominantly in genes involved in carbohydrate, nucleotide and coenzyme transport and metabolism. Conclusion These findings add to a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which E. faecium responds and resists the antimicrobial action of bile salts.
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- Xinglin Zhang
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100; Room G04,527, Utrecht, 3584 CX, The Netherlands.
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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Enterococcus spp. isolated from meat and fishery production in Korea. Food Sci Biotechnol 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10068-013-0022-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Identification of fitness determinants in Enterococcus faecalis by differential proteomics. Arch Microbiol 2012; 195:121-30. [PMID: 23239053 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-012-0857-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Revised: 11/14/2012] [Accepted: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Enterococcus (E.) faecalis is found as commensal in healthy humans, in a variety of fermented foods. It can serve as probiotic but also as pathogen causing endocarditis, bacteremia and urinary tract infections. We have employed a proteomic study with E. faecalis strain OG1RF under different growth conditions and in contact to mouse intestinal cells to identify novel latent and adaptive fitness determinants. These relate to changes in catabolic pathways (BudA), protein biosynthesis (AsnS), cellular surface biosynthesis (RmlA) and regulatory mechanisms (OmpR). This knowledge can be used to derive novel evidence-based targets, which can be used to further elucidate gene expression changes enhancing pathogenicity or fitness in a commensal strain and possibly delineate this species into groups of higher and lower risk for applications in a food or a medical context versus improved treatment strategies of the so far hard to cure diseases.
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Effects of sublethal heat, bile and organic acid treatments on the tolerance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus to lethal low-salinity. Food Control 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The lysozyme-induced peptidoglycan N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase PgdA (EF1843) is required for Enterococcus faecalis virulence. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:6066-73. [PMID: 22961856 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00981-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Lysozyme is a key component of the innate immune response in humans that provides a first line of defense against microbes. The bactericidal effect of lysozyme relies both on the cell wall lytic activity of this enzyme and on a cationic antimicrobial peptide activity that leads to membrane permeabilization. Among Gram-positive bacteria, the opportunistic pathogen Enterococcus faecalis has been shown to be extremely resistant to lysozyme. This unusual resistance is explained partly by peptidoglycan O-acetylation, which inhibits the enzymatic activity of lysozyme, and partly by d-alanylation of teichoic acids, which is likely to inhibit binding of lysozyme to the bacterial cell wall. Surprisingly, combined mutations abolishing both peptidoglycan O-acetylation and teichoic acid alanylation are not sufficient to confer lysozyme susceptibility. In this work, we identify another mechanism involved in E. faecalis lysozyme resistance. We show that exposure to lysozyme triggers the expression of EF1843, a protein that is not detected under normal growth conditions. Analysis of peptidoglycan structure from strains with EF1843 loss- and gain-of-function mutations, together with in vitro assays using recombinant protein, showed that EF1843 is a peptidoglycan N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase. EF1843-mediated peptidoglycan deacetylation was shown to contribute to lysozyme resistance by inhibiting both lysozyme enzymatic activity and, to a lesser extent, lysozyme cationic antimicrobial activity. Finally, EF1843 mutation was shown to reduce the ability of E. faecalis to cause lethality in the Galleria mellonella infection model. Taken together, our results reveal that peptidoglycan deacetylation is a component of the arsenal that enables E. faecalis to thrive inside mammalian hosts, as both a commensal and a pathogen.
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Gomes Neto NJ, Luz IS, Honório WG, Tavares AG, de Souza EL. Rosmarinus officinalisL. essential oil and the related compound 1,8-cineole do not induce direct or cross-protection inListeria monocytogenesATCC 7644 cultivated in meat broth. Can J Microbiol 2012; 58:973-81. [DOI: 10.1139/w2012-070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes has the capability of adapting to 1 or more antimicrobial compounds or procedures applied by the food industry to control the growth and survival of microorganisms in foods. In this study, the effects of Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil (EO) and the related compound 1,8-cineole on the inhibition of the growth and survival of L. monocytogenes ATCC 7644 were determined. The ability of the R. officinalis EO and 1,8-cineole to induce direct and cross-protection of bacteria against various stresses (lactic acid, pH 5.2; NaCl, 3 g/100 mL; high temperature, 45 °C) was also determined. At all concentrations tested (minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), ½ MIC, and ¼ MIC), both compounds inhibited the cell viability of L. monocytogenes over 120 min of exposure. Overnight exposure of L. monocytogenes to sublethal amounts of either the R. officinalis EO or 1,8-cineole in meat broth revealed no induction of direct or cross-protection against lactic acid, NaCl, or high temperature. Similarly, cells subjected to 24 h cycles of adaptation with increasing amounts (½ MIC to 2× MIC) of the EO and 1,8-cineole showed no increase in direct tolerance, as they were able to survive in growth medium containing up to ½ MIC of either substance. These results show the antimicrobial efficacy of R. officinalis EO and 1,8-cineole for use in systems, particularly as anti-L. monocytogenes compounds.
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- Nelson Justino Gomes Neto
- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa 58051-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa 58051-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa 58051-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa 58051-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa 58051-900, Brazil
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Cebrián G, Raso J, Condón S, Mañas P. Acquisition of pulsed electric fields resistance in Staphylococcus aureus after exposure to heat and alkaline shocks. Food Control 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.10.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Pessione A, Lamberti C, Cocolin L, Campolongo S, Grunau A, Giubergia S, Eberl L, Riedel K, Pessione E. Different protein expression profiles in cheese and clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis
revealed by proteomic analysis. Proteomics 2012; 12:431-47. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Revised: 11/25/2011] [Accepted: 11/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The hsp 16 gene of the probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus is differently regulated by salt, high temperature and acidic stresses, as revealed by reverse transcription quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis. Int J Mol Sci 2011; 12:5390-405. [PMID: 21954366 PMCID: PMC3179173 DOI: 10.3390/ijms12085390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Revised: 08/08/2011] [Accepted: 08/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are ubiquitous conserved chaperone-like proteins involved in cellular proteins protection under stressful conditions. In this study, a reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) procedure was developed and used to quantify the transcript level of a small heat shock gene (shs) in the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, under stress conditions such as heat (45 °C and 53 °C), bile (0.3% w/v), hyperosmosis (1 M and 2.5 M NaCl), and low pH value (pH 4). The shs gene of L. acidophilus NCFM was induced by salt, high temperature and acidic stress, while repression was observed upon bile stress. Analysis of the 5′ noncoding region of the hsp16 gene reveals the presence of an inverted repeat (IR) sequence (TTAGCACTC-N9-GAGTGCTAA) homologue to the controlling IR of chaperone expression (CIRCE) elements found in the upstream regulatory region of Gram-positive heat shock operons, suggesting that the hsp16 gene of L. acidophilus might be transcriptionally controlled by HrcA. In addition, the alignment of several small heat shock proteins identified so far in lactic acid bacteria, reveals that the Hsp16 of L. acidophilus exhibits a strong evolutionary relationship with members of the Lactobacillus acidophilus group.
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The FsrABDC signal transduction system is a major virulence regulator in Enterococcus faecalis. The FsrC sensor histidine kinase, upon activation by the gelatinase biosynthesis-activating pheromone (GBAP) peptide encoded by the fsrBD genes, phosphorylates the FsrA response regulator required for the transcription of the fsrBDC and the gelE-sprE genes from the fsrB promoter and the gelE promoter, respectively. FsrA belongs to the LytTR family of proteins, which includes other virulence regulators, such as AgrA of Staphylococcus aureus, AlgR of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and VirR of Clostridium perfringens. The LytTR DNA-binding domain that characterizes these proteins generally binds to two imperfect direct repeats separated by a number of bases that place the repeats on the same face of the DNA helix. In this study, we demonstrated that FsrA also binds to two imperfect direct repeats separated by 13 bp, based on the consensus sequence of FsrA, T/AT/CAA/GGGAA/G, which is consistent with the binding characteristics of LytTR domains.
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de Oliveira NEM, Abranches J, Gaca AO, Laport MS, Damaso CR, Bastos MDCDF, Lemos JA, Giambiagi-deMarval M. clpB, a class III heat-shock gene regulated by CtsR, is involved in thermotolerance and virulence of Enterococcus faecalis. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2010; 157:656-665. [PMID: 21148206 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.041897-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Here, we transcriptionally and phenotypically characterized the clpB gene from Enterococcus faecalis. Northern blot analysis identified a monocistronic mRNA strongly induced at 48 and 50 °C. In silico analysis identified that the clpB gene encodes a protein of 868 aa with a predicted molecular mass of approximately 98 kDa, presenting two conserved ATP-binding domains. Sequence analysis also identified a CtsR-binding box upstream of the putative -10 sequence, and inactivation of the ctsR gene resulted in an approximately 2-log increase in clpB mRNA expression, confirming ClpB as a member of the CtsR regulon. While expression of clpB was induced by heat stress, a ΔclpB strain grew relatively well under many different stressful conditions, including elevated temperatures. However, expression of ClpB appears to play a major role in induced thermotolerance and in pathogenesis, as assessed by using the Galleria mellonella virulence model.
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- Naira Elane Moreira de Oliveira
- Center for Oral Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
- Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Bloco I, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS, Cidade Universitária, 21491-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Center for Oral Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Center for Oral Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Bloco I, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS, Cidade Universitária, 21491-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Bloco G, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS, Cidade Universitária, 21491-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Bloco I, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS, Cidade Universitária, 21491-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Center for Oral Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Bloco I, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS, Cidade Universitária, 21491-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Sub-lethal heat treatment affects the tolerance of Cronobacter sakazakii BCRC 13988 to various organic acids, simulated gastric juice and bile solution. Int J Food Microbiol 2010; 144:280-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2010] [Revised: 09/28/2010] [Accepted: 10/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Comparative genomic analysis of pathogenic and probiotic Enterococcus faecalis isolates, and their transcriptional responses to growth in human urine. PLoS One 2010; 5:e12489. [PMID: 20824220 PMCID: PMC2930860 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2010] [Accepted: 07/11/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common infection caused by enterococci, and Enterococcus faecalis accounts for the majority of enterococcal infections. Although a number of virulence related traits have been established, no comprehensive genomic or transcriptomic studies have been conducted to investigate how to distinguish pathogenic from non-pathogenic E. faecalis in their ability to cause UTI. In order to identify potential genetic traits or gene regulatory features that distinguish pathogenic from non-pathogenic E. faecalis with respect to UTI, we have performed comparative genomic analysis, and investigated growth capacity and transcriptome profiling in human urine in vitro. Six strains of different origins were cultivated and all grew readily in human urine. The three strains chosen for transcriptional analysis showed an overall similar response with respect to energy and nitrogen metabolism, stress mechanism, cell envelope modifications, and trace metal acquisition. Our results suggest that citrate and aspartate are significant for growth of E. faecalis in human urine, and manganese appear to be a limiting factor. The majority of virulence factors were either not differentially regulated or down-regulated. Notably, a significant up-regulation of genes involved in biofilm formation was observed. Strains from different origins have similar capacity to grow in human urine. The overall similar transcriptional responses between the two pathogenic and the probiotic strain suggest that the pathogenic potential of a certain E. faecalis strain may to a great extent be determined by presence of fitness and virulence factors, rather than the level of expression of such traits.
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Matsumoto K, Takada T, Shimizu K, Moriyama K, Kawakami K, Hirano K, Kajimoto O, Nomoto K. Effects of a probiotic fermented milk beverage containing Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota on defecation frequency, intestinal microbiota, and the intestinal environment of healthy individuals with soft stools. J Biosci Bioeng 2010; 110:547-52. [PMID: 20580604 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2010.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2009] [Revised: 05/31/2010] [Accepted: 05/31/2010] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The effects of drinking a fermented milk beverage that contains Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (LcS) at 40 billion bacterial cells/bottle for 4 weeks (probiotics, 1 bottle/day) on defecation frequency, intestinal microbiota and the intestinal environment of healthy individuals with soft stools were evaluated. Thirty-four healthy adults who had soft stools were randomised into 2 groups, and the effects of a regular 4-week intake of probiotics were evaluated by a placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group comparative design. Defecation frequency significantly decreased after the 4-week intake period compared with before the probiotic treatment. The stool quality significantly improved (hardened) compared to the placebo. Also, the water content of the stools was lower in the probiotic group than in the placebo group. Live LcS was recovered at 6.9 ± 1.3 and 7.2 ± 0.8 log(10) CFU per 1g of stool after 2 and 4 weeks, respectively, of probiotic treatment. The number of bifidobacteria in the stools also increased significantly compared with the level before starting the probiotics. The organic acid levels (total, acetic acid, propionic acid, and butyric acid) significantly increased compared with the level before intake in both the probiotic and placebo groups, but they returned to the original levels after the end of the intake period. These results suggest that probiotic fermented milk beverage has an intestine-conditioning effect by improving the frequency of defecation and stool quality and increasing the intrinsic bifidobacteria in healthy individuals with soft stool.
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- Kazumasa Matsumoto
- Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, 1796 Yaho, Kunitachi, Tokyo, 186-8650, Japan.
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Bøhle LA, Færgestad EM, Veiseth-Kent E, Steinmoen H, Nes IF, Eijsink VG, Mathiesen G. Identification of proteins related to the stress response in Enterococcus faecalis V583 caused by bovine bile. Proteome Sci 2010; 8:37. [PMID: 20579342 PMCID: PMC2907315 DOI: 10.1186/1477-5956-8-37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2010] [Accepted: 06/25/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Enterococcus faecalis is an opportunistic pathogen and one of the most important causes of hospital infections. Bile acids are a major stress factor bacteria have to cope with in order to colonize and survive in the gastro-intestinal tract. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of bile acids on the intracellular proteome of E. faecalis V583. RESULTS The proteomes of cells challenged with 1% bile were analyzed after 20 - 120 minutes exposure, using 2D gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. Among the approximately 500 observed proteins, 53 unique proteins were found to be regulated in response to bile and were identified with mass spectrometry. The identified proteins belonged to nine different functional classes, including fatty acid- and phospholipid-biosynthesis, energy metabolism, and transport and binding. Proteins involved in fatty acid and phospholipid biosynthesis pathways were clearly overrepresented among the identified proteins and all were down-regulated upon exposure to bile. The proteome data correlated reasonably well with data from previous transcriptome experiments done under the same conditions, but several differences were observed. CONCLUSION The results provide an overview of potentially important proteins that E. faecalis V583 needs to regulate in order to survive and adapt to a bile-rich environment, among which are several proteins involved in fatty acid and phospholipid biosynthesis pathways. In addition, this study reveals several hypothetical proteins, which are both abundant and clearly regulated and thus stand out as targets for future studies on bile stress.
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- Liv Anette Bøhle
- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Chr, M, Falsensvei 1, N-1432 As, Norway.
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Cebrián G, Sagarzazu N, Pagán R, Condón S, Mañas P. Development of stress resistance in Staphylococcus aureus after exposure to sublethal environmental conditions. Int J Food Microbiol 2010; 140:26-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2009] [Revised: 02/11/2010] [Accepted: 02/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sub-lethal stress effects on virulence gene expression in Enterococcus faecalis. Food Microbiol 2010; 27:317-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2009.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2009] [Revised: 10/30/2009] [Accepted: 11/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chen WL, Oliver JD, Wong HC. Adaptation of Vibrio vulnificus and an rpoS mutant to bile salts. Int J Food Microbiol 2010; 140:232-8. [PMID: 20406715 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2009] [Revised: 12/18/2009] [Accepted: 03/16/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Vibrio vulnificus is an opportunistic pathogen commonly found in oyster and marine environments, which frequently encounters different stresses in its natural habitat, food processing environment and during infection. In this paper, the adaptation of V. vulnificus to bile and the role of RpoS in this process were examined using a wild-type strain and an rpoS isogenic mutant. Adaptation to bile was readily induced in the exponential phase cells in phosphate-buffered saline with 2% bile salts, and the adapted cells exhibited enhanced tolerance against 10% bile. Addition of 1% Brain Heart Infusion medium to the adaptation medium significantly increased the survival of V. vulnificus against bile. The bile-adapted cells were cross-protected against alkaline treatment but sensitized against acid, heat, high salinity and detergents (sodium dodecyl sulfate, Triton X-100, 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl) dimethylammonio]- 1- propanesulfonate, and cetylpyridinium bromide). Addition of efflux pump inhibitor (carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone) or protein synthesis inhibitor (chloramphenicol) completely eliminated or down-graded the enhanced bile tolerance of the adapted cells, respectively. Production of GroEL was not markedly influenced but DnaK was inhibited in the bile-adapted cells. The bile-adapted parent strain exhibited significantly higher survival than the rpoS mutant against the challenge of high pH, heat, high salinity and detergents. The induction of bile-adaptation in the rpoS mutant occurred at a significantly slower rate than for the parent strain. Results indicate that RpoS plays a significant role in the response of V. vulnificus to bile.
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- Wei-Lun Chen
- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan 111, Republic of China
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Ryan S, Hill C, Gahan CGM. Acid stress responses in Listeria monocytogenes. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2009; 65:67-91. [PMID: 19026862 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2164(08)00603-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Sheila Ryan
- Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Shima M, Matsuo T, Yamashita M, Adachi S. Protection of Lactobacillus acidophilus from bile salts in a model intestinal juice by incorporation into the inner-water phase of a W/O/W emulsion. Food Hydrocoll 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2008.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sugimoto S, Abdullah-Al-Mahin, Sonomoto K. Molecular Chaperones in Lactic Acid Bacteria: Physiological Consequences and Biochemical Properties. J Biosci Bioeng 2008; 106:324-36. [DOI: 10.1263/jbb.106.324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2008] [Accepted: 06/25/2008] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Dunning DW, McCall LW, Powell WF, Arscott WT, McConocha EM, McClurg CJ, Goodman SD, Spatafora GA. SloR modulation of the Streptococcus mutans acid tolerance response involves the GcrR response regulator as an essential intermediary. Microbiology (Reading) 2008; 154:1132-1143. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/012492-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Daniel W. Dunning
- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, 276 Bicentennial Way, MBH354, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, 276 Bicentennial Way, MBH354, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, 276 Bicentennial Way, MBH354, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, 276 Bicentennial Way, MBH354, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, 276 Bicentennial Way, MBH354, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, 276 Bicentennial Way, MBH354, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Division of Diagnostic Sciences, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, 276 Bicentennial Way, MBH354, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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