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BIOFILM FORMATION OF Vibrio cholerae ON STAINLESS STEEL USED IN FOOD PROCESSING

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Title
BIOFILM FORMATION OF Vibrio cholerae ON STAINLESS STEEL USED IN FOOD PROCESSING
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, May 2016
DOI 10.1590/s1678-9946201658047
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Milagro Fernández-Delgado, Héctor Rojas, Zoilabet Duque, Paula Suárez, Monica Contreras, M Alexandra García-Amado, Carlos Alciaturi

Abstract

Vibrio cholerae represents a significant threat to human health in developing countries. This pathogen forms biofilms which favors its attachment to surfaces and its survival and transmission by water or food. This work evaluated the in vitro biofilm formation of V. cholerae isolated from clinical and environmental sources on stainless steel of the type used in food processing by using the environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM). Results showed no cell adhesion at 4 h and scarce surface colonization at 24 h. Biofilms from the environmental strain were observed at 48 h with high cellular aggregations embedded in Vibrio exopolysaccharide (VPS), while less confluence and VPS production with microcolonies of elongated cells were observed in biofilms produced by the clinical strain. At 96 h the biofilms of the environmental strain were released from the surface leaving coccoid cells and residual structures, whereas biofilms of the clinical strain formed highly organized structures such as channels, mushroom-like and pillars. This is the first study that has shown the in vitro ability of V. cholerae to colonize and form biofilms on stainless steel used in food processing.

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Country Count As %
Portugal 1 5%
Unknown 20 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 14%
Student > Postgraduate 3 14%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 10%
Student > Master 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 7 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 5%
Chemistry 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 9 43%
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