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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Volume 187, Issue 9, Pages 3214-3226Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.9.3214-3226.2005
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI38268, T32 AI007511, U56 AI057192, AI007511] Funding Source: Medline
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Recently, we demonstrated that Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium can form biofilm on HEp-2 cells in a type I fimbria-dependent manner. Previous work on Salmonella exopolysaccharide (EPS) in biofilm indicated that the EPS composition can vary based upon the substratum on which the bacterial biofilm forms. We have investigated the role of genes important in the production of colanic acid and cellulose, common components of EPS. A mutation in the colanic acid biosynthetic gene, wcaM, was introduced into S. enterica serovar Typhimurium strain BJ2710 and was found to disrupt biofilm formation on HEp-2 cells and chicken intestinal tissue, although biofilm formation on a plastic surface was unaffected. Complementation of the wcaM mutant with the functional gene restored the biofilm phenotype observed in the parent strain. A mutation in the putative cellulose biosynthetic gene, yhjN, was found to disrupt biofilm formation on HEp-2 cells and chicken intestinal epithelium, as well as on a plastic surface. Our data indicate that Salmonella attachment to, and growth on, eukaryotic cells represent complex interactions that are facilitated by species of EPS.
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