Identification of adaptive mechanisms leading to reduced antibiotic susceptibility in bacterial biofilms using experimental evolution. Part 1: Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain AA2 biofilms on beads
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ABSTRACT: Identification of adaptive mechanisms leading to reduced antibiotic susceptibility in bacterial biofilms using experimental evolution. Part 1: Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain AA2 biofilms on beads
Project description:Pseudomonas aeruginosa AA2 was repeatedly and intermittently exposed to tobramycin, ciprofloxacin or meropenem. Bacteria were grown on cryobeads submerged in liquid BHI medium. After 24 hours, the beads were washed and fresh medium with of without antibiotics added. After another 24 hours of incubation, the beads were washed, the bacteria removed from the beads, and used for inoculation of fresh beads. This was repeated to a total of up to ten cycles. Evolved lineages were then DNA-sequenced to screen for genome changes.
Project description:Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315 was repeatedly and intermittently exposed to tobramycin, ciprofloxacin or meropenem. Bacteria were grown on cryobeads submerged in liquid BHI medium. After 24 hours, the beads were washed and fresh medium with of without antibiotics added. After another 24 hours of incubation, the beads were washed, the bacteria removed from the beads, and used for inoculation of fresh beads. This was repeated to a total of up to ten cycles. Evolved lineages were then DNA-sequenced to screen for genome changes.
Project description:Identification of adaptive mechanisms leading to reduced antibiotic susceptibility in bacterial biofilms using experimental evolution. Part 2: Burkholderia cenocepacia strain J2315 biofilms on beads
Project description:Identification of adaptive mechanisms leading to reduced antibiotic susceptibility in bacterial biofilms using experimental evolution. Part 3: Pseudomonas aeruginosa floating biofilms in synthetic cystic fibrosis medium
Project description:Bacteria in biofilms have higher antibiotic tolerance than their planktonic counterparts. A major outstanding question is the degree to which the biofilm-specific cellular state and its constituent genetic determinants contribute to this hyper-tolerant phenotype. Here, using genome-wide functional profiling of a complex, heterogeneous mutant population of Pseudomonas aeruginosa MPAO1, we identified large sets of mutations that contribute to antibiotic tolerance predominantly in the biofilm or planktonic setting only. Our mixed population-based experimental design recapitulated the complexity of natural biofilms and, unlike previous studies, revealed clinically observed behaviors including the emergence of quorum sensing-deficient mutants. Our study revealed a substantial contribution of the cellular state to the antibiotic tolerance of biofilms, providing a rational foundation for the development of novel therapeutics against P. aeruginosa biofilm-associated infections. This dataset compares the expression of SAH108, a strain with enhanced antibiotic tolerance in the biofilm state, to expression in wild-type strains.
Project description:Pseudomonas aeruginosa was repeatedly and intermittently exposed to tobramycin. Bacteria were grown in synthetic cystic fibrosis medium in wells of a 96-well microtiter plate. After 24 hours, more medium with or without tobramycin was added. After another 24 hours of incubation, a subsample of the well content was used to inoculate fresh synthetic cystic fibrosis medium in a 96-well microtiter plate. This was repeated for a total of 15 cycles. Evolved lineages were then DNA-sequenced to screen for genome changes.
Project description:Bacteria in biofilms have higher antibiotic tolerance than their planktonic counterparts. A major outstanding question is the degree to which the biofilm-specific cellular state and its constituent genetic determinants contribute to this hyper-tolerant phenotype. Here, using genome-wide functional profiling of a complex, heterogeneous mutant population of Pseudomonas aeruginosa MPAO1, we identified large sets of mutations that contribute to antibiotic tolerance predominantly in the biofilm or planktonic setting only. Our mixed population-based experimental design recapitulated the complexity of natural biofilms and, unlike previous studies, revealed clinically observed behaviors including the emergence of quorum sensing-deficient mutants. Our study revealed a substantial contribution of the cellular state to the antibiotic tolerance of biofilms, providing a rational foundation for the development of novel therapeutics against P. aeruginosa biofilm-associated infections. This dataset compares the expression of SAH108, a strain with enhanced antibiotic tolerance in the biofilm state, to expression in wild-type strains. We compared the expression of two biological replicates from strain SAH108 to samples from three wild-type, reference strains. All samples were collected from exponentially-growing planktonic cultures.
Project description:Background:Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) and Staphylococcus aureus (SA) are the major causative agents of acute and chronic infections. Antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate beads (ALCSB) are used in the management of musculoskeletal infections such as periprosthetic joint infections (PJI). Methods: To determine whether the number and spatial distribution of ALCSB are important factors to totally eradicate biofilms, ALCSBs containing vancomycin and tobramycin were placed on 24 h agar lawn biofilms as a single bead in the center, or as 16 beads placed as four clusters of four, a ring around the edge and as a group in the center or 19 beads evenly across the plate. Bioluminescence was used to assess spatial metabolic activity in real time. Replica plating was used to assess viability. Results: For both strains antibiotics released from the beads completely killed biofilm bacteria in a zone immediately adjacent to each bead. However, for PA extended incubation revealed the emergence of resistant colony phenotypes between the zone of eradication and the background lawn. The rate of biofilm clearing was greater when the beads were distributed evenly over the plate. Conclusions: Both number and distribution pattern of ALCSB are important to ensure adequate coverage of antibiotics required to eradicate biofilms.