The combined effects of starvation and pH on the virulence of Shigella sonnei ATCC25931 | Zendy

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The combined effects of starvation and pH on the virulence of Shigella sonnei ATCC25931

Author(s) -

Ellafi Ali,

Harbi Besma,

Lagha Rihab,

Amina Bakhrouf

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

african journal of biotechnology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1684-5315

DOI - 10.5897/ajb12.1210

Subject(s) - shigella sonnei , incubation , microbiology and biotechnology , congo red , biofilm , adhesion , virulence , chemistry , shigella , agar , biology , bacteria , biochemistry , escherichia coli , adsorption , organic chemistry , genetics , gene

Shigella sonnei encounter numerous different stresses during their growth, survival and infection. In this study, the effect of stress response to pH and starvation was investigated. We studied the survival, adhesion and the morphology of Shigella after its incubation in several pH. Our results show that after 2 h of incubation, the rate of cell survival was proportional to the decrease of pH of the medium, but we also noted that the reduction of the cells viability is significant for the normal cells compared to starved cells. In addition to that, the results proved the evidence that the pH can influence significantly the hydrophobicity of S. sonnei (normal and starved) and their capacity to produce biofilm on Congo red agar and on polystyrene microplate wells. The atomic force micrographs showed a reduction of the cells size after stress. Keywords : Shigella sonnei , starvation, pH, survival, adhesion, morphology African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 12(16), pp. 2034-2040

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