Abstract
A meat factory commensal bacterium, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, affected the spatial distribution of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 surface colonization. The biovolume of E. coli 0157:H7 was 400-fold higher (1.2 × 106 μm3) in a dynamic cocultured biofilm than in a monoculture (3.0 × 103 μm3), and E. coli O157:H7 colonized spaces between A. calcoaceticus cell clusters.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4557-4559 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
Volume | 76 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |