title: The influence of Lactobacillus acidophilus-derived surfactants on staphylococcal adhesion and biofilm formation.
abstract: The ability of surfactants obtained from three Lactobacillus acidophilus strains to inhibit Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis biofilms was evaluated. Their influence was determined on bacterial initial adhesion, biofilm formation and dispersal using MTT-reduction assay, confocal laser scanning microscopy and image PHLIP analysis. The number of adhering S. aureus and S. epidermidis cells after a 3-h co-incubation with biosurfactants was reduced by 5-56 % in a strain-and dose-dependent manner. S. epidermidis-and, to a lower extent, in S. aureus-biofilm formation was also inhibited in the presence of the tested surfactants. The addition of surfactants to preformed mature biofilms accelerated their dispersal, and changed the parameters of biofilm morphology. The L. acidophilus-derived surfactants inhibit bacterial deposition rate and biofilm development (and also its maturation) without affecting cell growth probably due to the influence on the cell-surface hydrophobicity of staphylococci.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and Infectious Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Łódź, 90-237, Łódź, Poland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Walencka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rózalska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sadowska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rózalska
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects*; D018441:Biofilms / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D007779:Lactobacillus acidophilus / Q000378:metabolism*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013501:Surface-Active Agents