Spent media from cultures of environmental isolates of Escherichia coli can suppress the deficiency of biofilm formation under anoxic conditions of laboratory E. coli strains.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol
; 58(3): 414-24, 2006 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-17117986
The prevailing lifestyle of bacteria is sessile and they attach to surfaces in structures known as biofilms. In Escherichia coli, as in many other bacteria, biofilms are formed at the air-liquid interface, suggesting that oxygen has a critical role in the biofilm formation process. It has been reported that anaerobically growing E. coli laboratory strains are unable to form biofilms even after 96 h of incubation on Luria Bertani (LB) medium. After analyzing 22,000 transposon-induced and 26,000 chemically-induced mutants we failed to isolate an E. coli laboratory strain with the ability to form biofilm under anaerobic growth conditions. Notably, seven strains from a collection of E. coli isolated from different hosts and the environment had the ability to form biofilm in the absence of oxygen. Interestingly, spent medium from cultures of one strain, Souza298, can promote biofilm formation of E. coli laboratory strains growing under anaerobic conditions. Our results led us to propose that laboratory E. coli strains do not release (or synthesize) a molecule needed for biofilm formation under anoxic conditions but that they bear all the required machinery needed for this process.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Meios de Cultivo Condicionados
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Biofilmes
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Escherichia coli
Idioma:
En
Revista:
FEMS Microbiol Ecol
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
México
País de publicação:
Reino Unido