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ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 203, Issue 7, Pages 4475-4484Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02435-y
Keywords
Biofilm; Salmonella Enteritidis; Salmonella Typhimurium; Temperature; Virulence
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- Kashan University of Medical Sciences [97156]
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The study evaluated the combined effects of temperature and pH on the expression of biofilm, stress, and virulence genes in Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium. The findings indicated that temperature and pH did not have a significant effect on the gene expression levels in these Salmonella strains.
Salmonella enterica is a major food borne pathogen that creates biofilm. Salmonella biofilm formation under different environmental conditions is a public health problem. The present study was aimed to evaluate the combined effects of stressful factors (temperature and pH) on the expression of biofilm, stress, and virulence genes in Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium. In this study, the effect of temperature (2, 8, 22.5, 37, 43 degrees C) and pH (2.4, 3, 4.5, 6, 6.6) on the expression of biofilm production genes (adr A, bap A), virulence genes (hil A, inv A) and the stress gene (RpoS) of S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium was evaluated. The response surface methodology (RSM) approach was used to evaluate the combined effect of the above factors. The highest expression of adr A, bap A, hil A, and RpoS gene for S. Typhimurium was at 22 degrees C-pH 4.5 (6.39-fold increase), 37 degrees C-pH 6 (3.92-fold increase), 37 degrees C-pH 6 (183-fold increase), and 37 degrees C-pH 3 (43.8-fold increase), respectively. The inv A gene of S. Typhimurium was decreased in all conditions. The adr A, bap A, hil A, inv A, and RpoS gene of S. Enteritidis had the highest expression level at 8 degrees C-pH 3 (4.09-fold increase), 22 degrees C-pH 6 (2.71-fold increase), 8 degrees C pH 3 (190-fold increase), 22 degrees C-pH 4.5 (9.21-fold increase), and 8 degrees C-pH 3 (16.6-fold), respectively. Response surface methodology (RSM) indicated that the temperature and pH had no significant effect on the expression level of adr A, bap A, hil A, Inv A, and RpoS gene in S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium. The expression of biofilm production genes (adr A, bap A), virulence genes (hil A, inv A) and the stress gene (RpoS) of S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium is not directly and exclusively associated with temperature and pH conditions.
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