[Features of biofilm morphology, formed by Corynebacterium diphtheriae gravis tox+ strains].

AIM: Study the structure of homogenous microbial communities of Corynebacterium diphtheriae gravis tox+ strains during formation of biofilms in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Object of study--typical and biofilm cultures of C. diphtheriae gravis tox+ museum and circulating strains. Intensity of biofilm formation was evaluated by OD on microplate reader at 540 nm wave length studying 120 and 720 hour cultures. S-450 (Hitachi, Japan) scanning electron microscope was used. RESULTS: The peak of exopolysaccharide matrix (EPS) formation, that is formed in the process of biofilm formation, by museum strain takes place at earlier terms of cultivation (120 hours) than circulating (720 hours). An inverse correlation was established during analysis of bacterial cells of museum and circulating strains of C. diphtheriae during biofilm formation between them and intensity of EPS formation. At maximum EPS content, that took place at various terms of cultivation of the 2 studied strains of diphtheria causative agent, a reduction of corynebacteria cells was observed. CONCLUSION: Bacterial biofilms of museum and circulating strains of C. diphtheriae and patterns of dynamics of EPS reflect, probably, adaptive abilities of the causative agent, that determine its competitiveness in the fight for adhesion sites, resistance to factors of natural immunity and as a result--prolonged persistence in the organism of bacterial carriers.

[The sensitivity to antibiotics of biofilm cultures of toxigenic strains Corynebacterium diphtheriae].

The article presents analysis of sensitivity to antibacterial preparations of typical and biofilm culture of museum strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae gravis tox+ SV-665. The strain was obtained from the L.A. Tarasevitch state research institute of standardization and control of medical biological preparations. The second strain C. diphtheriaecirculates gravis tox+ circulates in population of the Rostov oblast and it was recovered from patient with diagnosis of "localized form of diphtheria" by bacteriologic laboratory "1002 CGSEN SKVO" of Rostov-on-Don. The week and month biofilm cultures of both strains of C. diphtheriae gravis tox+ were used. The sensitivity to antibacterial preparations of typical and biofilm cultures of museum and circulating in population strains of agent of diphtheria were detected using minimal suppressing concentration by technique of serial dilutions in fluid growth medium. It is demonstrated that the most effective in respect of C. diphtheriae are such preparations as cefotaxinum, gentamycinum, lincomycin, canamycin and cefasolin. The sensitivity of pathogen in composition of biofilm to these preparations has no changes.