Enhanced surface colonization by escherichia coli 0157:H7 in biofilms formed by an acinetobacter calcoaceticus isolate from meat-processing environments

Olivier Habimana*, Even Heir, Solveig Langsrud, Anette Wold Åsli, Trond Møretrø

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4557-4559
Number of pages3
JournalApplied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume76
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2010
Externally publishedYes

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