Inhibitory Effects of Escherichia coli on the Formation and Development of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm.

Biocontrol Science
Han-Min OhnShin-Ichi Miyoshi

Abstract

In the present study, we examined whether a commensal gut bacterium Escherichia coli might prevent the formation and development of the biofilm of Staphylococcus epidermidis, a nosocomial extraintestinal pathogen but not a gut microorganism. When co-cultured with S. epidermidis, E. coli strain ATCC 35218, a non-pathogenic strain, was found to be dominant in the biofilm formed on the surface of wells of a microtiter plate. In addition, E. coli significantly incorporated and grew in a niche preoccupied by S. epidermidis biofilm. Two other E. coli strains (strain K-12 and B) also showed to interfere the biofilm formation by S. epidermidis. In contrast, S. epidermidis could not grow in a niche preoccupied by E. coli biofilm. These results suggest that, through inhibition of the formation and development of the biofilm, E. coli may eliminate S. epidermidis from the gastrointestinal tract.

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