Salmonella Biofilms Tolerate Hydrogen Peroxide by a Combination of Extracellular Polymeric Substance Barrier Function and Catalase Enzymes.

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Mark M HahnJohn S Gunn

Abstract

The ability of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) to cause chronic gallbladder infections is dependent on biofilm growth on cholesterol gallstones. Non-typhoidal Salmonella (e.g. S. Typhimurium) also utilize the biofilm state to persist in the host and the environment. How the pathogen maintains recalcitrance to the host response, and oxidative stress in particular, during chronic infection is poorly understood. Previous experiments demonstrated that S. Typhi and S. Typhimurium biofilms are tolerant to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), but that mutations in the biofilm extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) O antigen capsule, colanic acid, or Vi antigen reduce tolerance. Here, biofilm-mediated tolerance to oxidative stress was investigated using a combination of EPS and catalase mutants, as catalases are important detoxifiers of H2O2. Using co-cultured biofilms of wild-type (WT) bacteria with EPS mutants, it was demonstrated that colanic acid in S. Typhimurium and Vi antigen in S. Typhi have a community function and protect all biofilm-resident bacteria rather than to only protect the individual cells producing the EPSs. However, the H2O2 tolerance deficiency of a O antigen capsule mutant was unable to ...Continue Reading

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