Project description:LC-MS/MS approach was utilized to identify qualitative changes in protein expressed by planktonic and biofilm cells of C. albicans.
Project description:LC-MS/MS approach was utilized to identify qualitative changes in protein expressed by planktonic and biofilm cells of C. albicans.
Project description:LC-MS/MS approach was utilized to identify qualitative changes in protein expressed by planktonic and biofilm cells of C. albicans.
Project description:The LC-MS/MS approach was utilized to identify qualitative changes in protein expressed by planktonic and biofilm cells of C. albicans and with Aureobasidin treatment.
Project description:LC-MS/MS approach was utilized to identify qualitative changes in protein expressed by planktonic and biofilm cells of C. albicans.
Project description:In this work we have demonstrated increased mutability of Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis in biofilms and have explored the mechanisms underlying the enhanced mutability. A novel static biofilm model, utilising cellulose filter disks, was developed to support the formation of mature biofilms with sufficiently high cell densities to permit determination of mutation frequencies. The mutability of biofilm cultures increased up to 60 fold and 4 fold for S. aureus and S. epidermidis, respectively, compared with planktonic cultures. Incorporation of antioxidants into S. aureus biofilms reduced mutation frequencies, indicating that increased oxidative stress underlies increased mutability in the biofilm. Transcriptional profiling revealed upregulation of the superoxide dismutase gene, sodA, in early biofilm cultures, also suggesting enhanced oxidative stress in these cultures. However, loss of the genes encoding superoxide dismutases or peroxidases did not specifically exacerabate biofilm mutability. In S. aureus SH1000, hydrogen peroxide was found to contribute to biofilm mutability. Three growth conditions (18 hr planktonic growth, 48 hr biofilm growth and 144 biofilm growth) of which there are three biological replicates of each
Project description:This experiment compares the transcriptomes of B. amyloliquefaciens FZB42 cells in biofilm formation and in planktonic cells focusing on transcripts that were most affected in their transcription. The aim of the experiment was determination of the highest expressed genes in both cultures using RPKM values and comparison of relative transcription rates using DeSeq analysis.
Project description:To study the cellular global response of the thermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius upon solvent exposure we performed transcriptome comparing the response of planktonic and biofilm cells in absence and presence 1-butanol. S. acidocaldarius was grown in Petri dishes (static incubation) in the absence and presence of 0.5% and 1% (v/v) 1-butanol at 76°C for four days. Planktonic and biofilm cells were harvested and the transcriptional response towards 1-butanol was analysed via RNA-seq. In detail:Biofilm and planktonic cell samples (supernatant after static incubation) were generated in Petri dishes (92 x 16 mm, Polystyrene, without cams, Sarstedt) as described before. Cells grown under six different conditions, including Biofilm-Control (BF0), Biofilm-0.5% (v/v) 1-Butanol (BF05), Biofilm-1% (v/v) 1-Butanol (BF1), Planktonic-Control (PL0), Planktonic-0.5% (v/v) 1-Butanol (PL05), Planktonic-1% (v/v) 1-Butanol (PL1), were seperated, harvested by centrifugation (10 min, 5,000 x g, 4 °C) and immediately frozen at -70 °C. Isolation of cells was performed in triplicates with ten technical replicas each. Samples were pooled to obtain sufficient cell mass for further processing. RNA was isolated using Trizol (Thermo Fisher Scientific). In accordance, sequencing libraries were prepared via Illumina TruSeq stranded mRNA using Ribozero for RNA depletion. Sequencing was performed on a MiSeq instrument (Illumina, San Diego, California, USA) using v3 chemistry with a read length of 2x76 nt.
Project description:Bacteria growing as surface-adherent biofilms are better able to withstand chemical and physical stresses than their unattached, planktonic counterparts. Using transcriptional profiling and quantitative PCR, we observed a previously uncharacterized gene, yjfO, to be upregulated during Escherichia coli MG1655 biofilm growth in a chemostat on serine-limited defined medium. A yjfO mutant, developed through targeted insertion mutagenesis, and a yjfO-complemented strain, were obtained for further characterization. While bacterial surface colonization levels (CFU/cm2) were similar in all three strains, the mutant strain exhibited reduced microcolony formation when observed in flow cells, and greatly enhanced flagellar motility on soft (0.3%) agar. Complementation of yjfO restored microcolony formation and flagellar motility to wild type levels. Cell surface hydrophobicity and twitching motility were unaffected by the presence or absence of yjfO. In contrast to the parent strain, biofilms from the mutant strain were less able to resist acid and peroxide stresses. yjfO had no significant effect on E. coli biofilm susceptibility to alkali or heat stress. Planktonic cultures from all three strains showed similar responses to these stresses. Regardless of the presence of yjfO, planktonic E. coli withstood alkali stress better than biofilm populations. Complementation of yjfO restored viability following exposure to peroxide stress, but did not restore acid resistance. Based on its influence on biofilm formation, stress response, and effects on motility, we propose renaming the uncharacterized gene, yjfO, as bsmA (biofilm stress and motility). Transcriptional profiling of duplicate biofilm and planktonic cultures of E. coli MG1655 grown in serine-limited MOPS minimal media.