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Breakdown of Vibrio cholerae biofilm architecture induced by antibiotics disrupts community barrier function.


ABSTRACT: Bacterial cells in nature are frequently exposed to changes in their chemical environment1,2. The response mechanisms of isolated cells to such stimuli have been investigated in great detail. By contrast, little is known about the emergent multicellular responses to environmental changes, such as antibiotic exposure3-7, which may hold the key to understanding the structure and functions of the most common type of bacterial communities: biofilms. Here, by monitoring all individual cells in Vibrio cholerae biofilms during exposure to antibiotics that are commonly administered for cholera infections, we found that translational inhibitors cause strong effects on cell size and shape, as well as biofilm architectural properties. We identified that single-cell-level responses result from the metabolic consequences of inhibition of protein synthesis and that the community-level responses result from an interplay of matrix composition, matrix dissociation and mechanical interactions between cells. We further observed that the antibiotic-induced changes in biofilm architecture have substantial effects on biofilm population dynamics and community assembly by enabling invasion of biofilms by bacteriophages and intruder cells of different species. These mechanistic causes and ecological consequences of biofilm exposure to antibiotics are an important step towards understanding collective bacterial responses to environmental changes, with implications for the effects of antimicrobial therapy on the ecological succession of biofilm communities.

SUBMITTER: Diaz-Pascual F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6881181 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Breakdown of Vibrio cholerae biofilm architecture induced by antibiotics disrupts community barrier function.

Díaz-Pascual Francisco F   Hartmann Raimo R   Lempp Martin M   Vidakovic Lucia L   Song Boya B   Jeckel Hannah H   Thormann Kai M KM   Yildiz Fitnat H FH   Dunkel Jörn J   Link Hannes H   Nadell Carey D CD   Drescher Knut K  

Nature microbiology 20191028 12


Bacterial cells in nature are frequently exposed to changes in their chemical environment<sup>1,2</sup>. The response mechanisms of isolated cells to such stimuli have been investigated in great detail. By contrast, little is known about the emergent multicellular responses to environmental changes, such as antibiotic exposure<sup>3-7</sup>, which may hold the key to understanding the structure and functions of the most common type of bacterial communities: biofilms. Here, by monitoring all indi  ...[more]

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