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Effect of long-term starvation on the survival, recovery, and carbon utilization profiles of a bovine Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolate from New Zealand.

Abstract
The ability to maintain a dual lifestyle of colonizing the ruminant gut and surviving in nonhost environments once shed is key to the success of Escherichia coli O157:H7 as a zoonotic pathogen. Both physical and biological conditions encountered by the bacteria are likely to change during the transition between host and nonhost environments. In this study, carbon starvation at suboptimal temperatures in nonhost environments was simulated by starving a New Zealand bovine E. coli O157:H7 isolate in phosphate-buffered saline at 4 and 15°C for 84 days. Recovery of starved cells on media with different nutrient availabilities was monitored under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. We found that the New Zealand bovine E. coli O157:H7 isolate was able to maintain membrane integrity and viability over 84 days and that the level of recovery depended on the nutrient level of the recovery medium as well as the starvation temperature. In addition, a significant difference in carbon utilization was observed between starved and nonstarved cells.
AuthorsRon N Xavier, Hugh W Morgan, Ian R McDonald, Helen Withers
JournalApplied and environmental microbiology (Appl Environ Microbiol) Vol. 80 Issue 14 Pg. 4383-90 (Jul 2014) ISSN: 1098-5336 [Electronic] United States
PMID24814789 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2014, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Chemical References
  • Culture Media
  • Carbon
Topics
  • Animals
  • Carbon (metabolism)
  • Cattle (microbiology)
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Culture Media (chemistry)
  • Escherichia coli O157 (genetics, growth & development, metabolism)
  • Microbial Viability
  • New Zealand
  • Stress, Physiological
  • Temperature

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