E. coli biofilm formation and its susceptibility towards T4 bacteriophages studied in a continuously operating mixing – tubular bioreactor system

Lisac, Ana (avtor), Birsa, Elfi (avtor), Podgornik, Aleš (avtor)

A system consisting of a connected mixed and tubular bioreactor was designed to study bacterial biofilm formation and the effect of its exposure to bacteriophages under different experimental conditions. The bacterial biofilm inside silicone tubular bioreactor was formed during the continuous pumping of bacterial cells at a constant physiological state for 2 h and subsequent washing with a buffer for 24 h. Monitoring bacterial and bacteriophage concentration along the tubular bioreactor was performed via a piercing method. The presence of biofilm and planktonic cells was demonstrated by combining the piercing method, measurement of planktonic cell concentration at the tubular bioreactor outlet, and optical microscopy. The planktonic cell formation rate was found to be 8.95 × 10$^{−3}$ h$^{−1}$ and increased approximately four-fold (4×) after biofilm exposure to an LB medium. Exposure of bacterial biofilm to bacteriophages in the LB medium resulted in a rapid decrease of biofilm and planktonic cell concentration, to below the detection limit within < 2 h. When bacteriophages were supplied in the buffer, only a moderate decrease in the concentration of both bacterial cell types was observed. After biofilm washing with buffer to remove unadsorbed bacteriophages, its exposure to the LB medium (without bacteriophages) resulted in a rapid decrease in bacterial concentration: again below the detection limit in < 2 h.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: microbial biofilm, continuous tubular bioreactor, bacteriophage interaction, bacteriophage T4
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FKKT - Fakulteta za kemijo in kemijsko tehnologijo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2022
• Št. strani: Str. 2450-2463
• Številčenje: Vol. 15, iss. 9
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-145559
• UDK: 602.3:578.347
• ISSN pri članku: 1751-7915
• DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14079
• COBISS.SI-ID: 110219011
• Datum objave v RUL: 21.04.2023

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Microbial biotechnology
• Skrajšan naslov: Microb. biotechnol.
• Založnik: Society for Applied Microbiology, Wiley
• ISSN: 1751-7915
• COBISS.SI-ID: 14597398

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
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Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: bakterijski biofilm, kontinuirni cevni bioreaktor, bakteriofagna interakcija, E. coli, bakteriofag T4