Clostridium difficile forms variable biofilms on abiotic surface

V Pantaléon; M Monot; C Eckert; S Hoys; A Collignon; C Janoir; T Candela

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.05.006

Clostridium difficile forms variable biofilms on abiotic surface

Anaerobe. 2018 Oct:53:34-37. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.05.006. Epub 2018 May 18.

Authors

V Pantaléon¹, M Monot², C Eckert³, S Hoys¹, A Collignon¹, C Janoir¹, T Candela⁴

Affiliations

¹ EA4043 Unité Bactéries Pathogènes et Santé (UBaPS), Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France.
² Département de Microbiologie, Institut Pasteur, Laboratoire Pathogenèse des Bactéries Anaérobies, Paris, France; Département de Microbiologie et d'infectiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
³ National Reference Laboratory for C. difficile, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, Centre d'immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses-Paris, Cimi-Paris, Département de Bactériologie, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires de l'Est Parisien, F-75012 Paris, France.
⁴ EA4043 Unité Bactéries Pathogènes et Santé (UBaPS), Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 29859742
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.05.006

Abstract

Clostridium difficile can form biofilms. Thirty-seven strains were characterized for their ability to form a biofilm, adhesion on an inert surface and hydrophobicity. No correlation between the ability to form a biofilm and the strain virulence was highlighted. However, non-motile strains were not able to form a high biofilm.

Keywords: Biofilm; Clostridium difficile; Motility.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bacterial Adhesion
Biofilms / growth & development*
Clostridioides difficile / growth & development
Clostridioides difficile / physiology*
Environmental Microbiology*
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
Locomotion
Surface Properties
Virulence