Adhesion forces of biofilms developed in vitro from clinical strains of skin wounds

Elizabeth Alvarado-Gomez, Mario Perez-Diaz, Donato Valdez-Perez, Jaime Ruiz-Garcia, Martin Magaña-Aquino, Gabriel Martinez-Castañon, Fidel Martinez-Gutierrez

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Abstract

A biofilm is a very complex consortium formed by a mix of different microorganisms, which have become an important health problem, because its formation is a resistance mechanism used by bacteria against antibiotics or the immune system. In this work, we show differences between some physicochemical properties of biofilms in mono- and multi-species, formed by bacteria from clinical samples of infected chronic wounds. Of the most prevalent bacteria in wounds, two mono- and one multi-species biofilms were developed in vitro by Drip Flow Reactor: one biofilm was developed by S. aureus, other by P. aeruginosa, and a third one by the mix of both strains. With these biofilms, we determined microbial growth by plate counting, and their physicochemical characterization by Atomic Force Microscopy, Raman Micro-Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy. We found that the viability of S. aureus was less than P. aeruginosa in multi-species biofilm. However, the adhesion force of S. aureus is much higher than that of P. aeruginosa, but it decreased while that of P. aeruginosa increased in the multi-species biofilm. In addition, we found free pyrimidines functional groups in the P. aeruginosa biofilm and its mix with S. aureus. Surprisingly, each bacterium alone formed single layer biofilms, while the mix bacteria formed a multilayer biofilm at the same observation time. Our results show the necessity to evaluate biofilms from clinically isolated strains and have a better understanding of the adhesion forces of bacteria in biofilm multispecies, which could be of prime importance in developing more effective treatments against biofilm formation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)336-344
Number of pages9
JournalMaterials Science and Engineering C
Volume82
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

  • Adhesion forces
  • Biofilm
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Wound infection

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