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ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 5, 期 10, 页码 850-858出版社
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00498.x
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The effect of exposure to artificial sea water (ASW) on the ability of classical Vibrio cholerae O1 cells to interact with chitin-containing substrates and human intestinal cells was studied. Incubation of vibrios in ASW at 5degreesC and 18degreesC resulted in two kinds of cell responses: the viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state (i.e. <0.1 colony forming unit ml(-1)) at 5°C, and starvation (i.e. maintenance of culturability of the population) at 18°C. The lafter remained rod shaped and, after 40 days' incubation, presented a 47-58% reduction in the number of cells attached to chitin, a 48-53% reduction in the number of bacteria adhering to copepods, and a 48-54% reduction in the number of bacteria adhering to human cultured intestinal cells, compared to control cells not suspended in ASW. Bacteria suspended in ASW at 5°C became coccoid and, after 40 days, showed 34-42% fewer cells attached to chitin, 52-55% fewer adhering to copepods, and 45-48% fewer cells adhering to intestinal cell monolayers, compared to controls. Sarkosyl-insoluble membrane proteins that bind chitin particles were isolated and analysed by SDS-PAGE. After 40 days incubation in ASW at both 5°C and 18°C vibrios expressed chitin-binding ligands similar to bacteria harvested in the stationary growth phase. It is concluded that as vibrios do not lose adhesive properties after long-term exposure to ASW, it is important to include methods for VBNC bacteria when testing environmental and clinical samples for purposes of public health safety.
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