Inhibitory effects of Lactobacillus fermentum on microbial growth and biofilm formation.
Arch Microbiol
; 197(8): 1027-32, 2015 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Beneficial effects of Lactobacilli have been reported, and lactic bacteria are employed for conservation of foods. Therefore, the effects of a Lactobacillus fermentum strain were analyzed regarding inhibitory effects on staphylococci, Candida albicans and enterotoxigenic enterobacteria by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). TEM of bacterial biofilms was performed using cocultures of bacteriocin-producing L. fermentum 97 with different enterotoxigenic strains Staphylococcus epidermidis expressing the ica gene responsible for biofilm formation, Staphylococcus aureus producing enterotoxin type A, Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter cloaceae, Klebsiella oxytoca, Proteus mirabilis producing thermolabile and thermostable enterotoxins determined by elt or est genes, and Candida albicans. L. fermentum 97 changed morphological features and suppressed biofilm formation of staphylococci, enterotoxigenic enterobacteria and Candida albicans; a marked transition to resting states, a degradation of the cell walls and cytoplasm, and a disruption of mature bacterial biofilms were observed, the latter indicating efficiency even in the phase of higher cell density.
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Candida albicans
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Biofilmes
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Fenômenos Fisiológicos Bacterianos
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Limosilactobacillus fermentum
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Antibiose
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En
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Arch Microbiol
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article
País de afiliação:
Federação Russa