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Lin YT, Wang YC, Xue YM, Tong Z, Jiang GY, Hu XR, Crittenden JC, Wang C. Decoding the influence of low temperature on biofilm development: The hidden roles of c-di-GMP. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 927:172376. [PMID: 38604376 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Biofilms are widely used and play important roles in biological processes. Low temperature of wastewater inhibits the development of biofilms derived from wastewater activated sludge. However, the specific mechanism of temperature on biofilm development is still unclear. This study explored the mechanism of temperature on biofilm development and found a feasible method to enhance biofilm development at low temperature. The amount of biofilm development decreased by approximately 66 % and 55 % at 4 °C and 15 °C, respectively, as compared to 28 °C. The cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) concentration also decreased at low temperature and was positively correlated with extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) content, formation, and adhesion strength. Microbial community results showed that low temperature inhibited the normal survival of most microorganisms, but promoted the growth of some psychrophile bacteria like Sporosarcina, Caldilineaceae, Gemmataceae, Anaerolineaceae and Acidobacteriota. Further analysis of functional genes demonstrated that the abundance of functional genes related to the synthesis of c-di-GMP (K18968, K18967 and K13590) decreased at low temperature. Subsequently, the addition of exogenous spermidine increased the level of intracellular c-di-GMP and alleviated the inhibition effect of low temperature on biofilm development. Therefore, the possible mechanism of low temperature on biofilm development could be the inhibition of the microorganism activity and reduction of the communication level between cells, which is the closely related to the EPS content, formation, and adhesion strength. The enhancement of c-di-GMP level through the exogenous addition of spermidine provides an alternative strategy to enhance biofilm development at low temperatures. The results of this study enhance the understanding of the influence of temperature on biofilm development and provide possible strategies for enhancing biofilm development at low temperatures.
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- Yu-Ting Lin
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; Tianjin Key Lab of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; Tianjin Key Lab of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control, Tianjin 300072, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; Tianjin Key Lab of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; Tianjin Key Lab of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; Tianjin Key Lab of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; Tianjin Key Lab of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, United States
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; Tianjin Key Lab of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control, Tianjin 300072, China.
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Wu X, Li Y, Su Z, Tian L, Siddique MS, Yu W. Less pressure contributes to gravity-driven membrane ultrafiltration with greater performance: Enhanced driving efficiency and reduced disinfection by-products formation potential. J Environ Sci (China) 2024; 137:407-419. [PMID: 37980026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2023.02.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 02/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023]
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Gravity-driven membrane (GDM) systems have been well developed previously; however, impacts of driving (i.e., transmembrane) pressure on their performance received little attention, which may influence GDM performance. In this study, we evaluated 4 GDM systems via altering the transmembrane pressure from 50 mbar to 150 mbar with 2 groups, treating surface water in Beijing, China. Results showed that less driving pressure was more favorable. Specifically, compared to groups (150 mbar), groups under a pressure of 50 mbar were found to have greater normalized permeability and lower total resistance. During the whole operation period, the quality of effluents was gradually improved. For example, the removal efficiency of UV254 was significantly improved; particularly, under low driving pressure, the removal efficiency of UV254 in PES GDM system increased by 11.91%, as compared to the corresponding system under high driving pressure. This observation was consistent with the reduction on disinfection by-products (DBPs) formation potential; groups under 50 mbar achieved better DBPs potential control, indicating the advantages of lower driving pressure. Biofilms were analyzed and responsible for these differences, and distinct distributions of bacteria communities of two GDM systems under 50 and 150 mbar may be responsible for various humic-like substances removal efficiency. Overall, GDM systems under less pressure should be considered and expected to provide suggestions on the design of GDM systems in real applications.
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- Xiaoting Wu
- Colleges of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- Colleges of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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Pan Y, Sun RZ, Wang Y, Chen GL, Fu YY, Yu HQ. Carbon source shaped microbial ecology, metabolism and performance in denitrification systems. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 243:120330. [PMID: 37482010 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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The limited information on microbial interactions and metabolic patterns in denitrification systems, especially those fed with different carbon sources, has hindered the establishment of ecological linkages between microscale connections and macroscopic reactor performance. In this work, denitrification performance, metabolic patterns, and ecological structure were investigated in parallel well-controlled bioreactors with four representative carbon sources, i.e., methanol, glycerol, acetate, and glucose. After long-term acclimation, significant differences were observed among the four bioreactors in terms of denitrification rates, organic utilization, and heterotrophic bacterial yields. Different carbon sources induced the succession of denitrifying microbiota toward different ecological structures and exhibited distinct metabolic patterns. Methanol-fed reactors showed distinctive microbial carbon utilization pathways and a more intricate microbial interaction network, leading to significant variations in organic utilization and metabolite production compared to other carbon sources. Three keystone taxa belonging to the Verrucomicrobiota phylum, SJA-15 order and the Kineosphaera genus appeared as network hubs in the methanol, glycerol, and acetate-fed systems, playing essential roles in their ecological functions. Several highly connected species were also identified within the glucose-fed system. The close relationship between microbial metabolites, ecological structures, and system performances suggests that this complex network relationship may greatly contribute to the efficient operation of bioreactors.
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- Yuan Pan
- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Industrial Wastewater and Environmental Treatment, Hefei 230026, China
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- School of Resources & Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Industrial Wastewater and Environmental Treatment, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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Feng J, Li X, Lu Z, Yang Y, Zhou Z, Liang H. Enhanced permeation performance of biofiltration-facilitated gravity-driven membrane (GDM) systems by in-situ application of UV and VUV: Comprehensive insights from thermodynamic and multi-omics perspectives. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 242:120254. [PMID: 37354843 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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Biofouling is a major challenge limiting the practical application of biofiltration-facilitated gravity-driven membrane (GDM) systems in drinking water treatment. In this study, ultraviolet irradiation, including ultraviolet (UV) and vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) irradiation, was used for in-situ purification of membrane tanks to control membrane biofouling. After using UV and VUV, the permeate flux increased significantly by 26.1% and 78.3%, respectively, which was mainly due to the decreased cake layer resistance (Rc). The permeability of the biofouling layer improved after UV and VUV application, as evidenced by the increased surface porosity and decreased thickness. The contents of loosely bound extracellular proteins (LB-PN) and tightly bound extracellular proteins (TB-PN) in the biofouling layer were reduced after UV and VUV irradiation. The decreased LB-PN and TB-PN improved the interfacial free energy between the fouling itself and between the fouling and the membrane, which contributed to the reduction of interfacial cohesion and adhesion, resulting in a looser and thinner biofouling layer and a cleaner membrane. The concentration of protein-like material in the membrane tank decreased after UV and VUV irradiation, significantly altering the bacterial community structure on the membrane surface (Mantel's r > 0.7, p < 0.05). The changes in the metabolic state were responsible for the differences in the LB-PN and TB-PN contents. The inhibition of "Alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism" and "Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism" reduced amino acid biosynthesis, which restricted the secretion of LB-PN and TB-PN. Critical genera in the Proteobacteria phylum, such as Hirschia, Rhodobacter, Nordella, Candidatus_Berkiella, and Limnohabitans, were involved in metabolite transformation. Overall, the in-situ application of UV and VUV can be an effective alternative strategy to mitigate membrane biofouling, which would facilitate the practical application of biofiltration-facilitated GDM systems in drinking water treatment.
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- Jianyong Feng
- College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Urban Construction, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Urban Construction, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Urban Construction, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Urban Construction, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Urban Construction, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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Liu M, Lu Q, Yu W. The improvement of heavy metals removal by wood membrane in drinking water treatment: Comparison with polymer membrane and associated mechanism. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 324:138297. [PMID: 36893869 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The application of commercial membranes is limited by the secondary pollution such as the usage of toxic chemicals for the membrane preparation and the disposal of aged membranes. Therefore, the green and environmentally friendly membranes are extremely promising for the sustainable development of membrane filtration in water treatment. In this study, the comparison of wood membrane with the pore size of tens microns (μm) and polymer membrane with the pore size of 0.45 μm was made to study the heavy metals removal in drinking water treatment by gravity-driven membrane (GDM) filtration system, and there was an improvement in the removal of Fe, Cu and Mn by wood membrane. The sponge-like structure of fouling layer for wood membrane made the retention time of heavy metals prolonged in contrast to the cobweb-like structure of polymer membrane. The carboxylic group (-COOH) content of fouling layer for wood membrane was greater than that for polymer membrane. Additionally, the population abundance of heavy metal-capturing microbes on the surface of wood membrane was higher compared with polymer membrane. The wood membrane provides a promising route to producing facile, biodegradable and sustainable membrane as a green alternative to polymer membranes in heavy metal removal from drinking water.
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- Minmin Liu
- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; School of Energy and Environment, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China.
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Lei H, Jin C, Xiao Z, Chen J, Leghari SJ, Pan H. Relationship between pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) root morphology, inter-root soil bacterial community structure and diversity under water-air intercropping conditions. PLANTA 2023; 257:98. [PMID: 37067628 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04134-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The combination of water and gas at an aeration rate of 15 mg/L and irrigation amount of 0.8 Ep significantly promoted the root morphology, inter-root soil bacterial community structure and diversity of pepper, enhanced the structure of molecular symbiotic network, and stimulated the potential ecosystem function. Poor aeration adversely affects the root morphology of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and bacterial community. It is critical to understand the effects of water-air interactions on root morphology and bacterial community structure and diversity. A randomized block experiment was conducted under the two aeration rates of dissolved oxygen mass concentrations, including A: 15 mg/L, O: 40 mg/L, and C: non-aeration as control treatment, and two irrigation rates of W1 and W2 (0.8 Ep and 1.0 Ep). The results showed that aerated irrigation had a significant effect on the root morphology of pepper. Compared with treatment CW1, treatment AW1 increased root dry weight, root length, root volume, and root surface area by 13.63%, 11.09%, 59.47%, and 61.67%, respectively (P < 0.05). Aerated irrigation significantly increased the relative abundance of Actinobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Alphaproteobacteria, Gemmatimonas, Sphingomonas, and KD4-96 aerobic beneficial bacteria. It decreased the relative abundance of Proteobacteria, Monomycetes, Bacteroidetes, Corynebacterium, Gammaproteobacteria, Anaerolineae, Subgroup_6, MND1, Haliangium, and Thiobacillus. The Pielou_e, Shannon and Simpson indexes of treatment AW1 were significantly higher than treatments OW1 and CW1. The results of the β-diversity of bacterial communities showed that the structure of soil bacterial communities differed significantly among treatments. Actinobacteria was a key phylum affecting root morphology, and AW1 treatment was highly correlated with Actinobacteria. Molecular ecological network analysis showed a relatively high number of bacterial network nodes and more complex relationships among species under the aeration of level 15 mg/L and 0.8 Ep, as well as the emergence of new phylum-level beneficial species: Dependentiae, BRC1, Cyanobacteria, Deinococcus-Thermus, Firmicutes, and Planctomycetes. Therefore, the aeration of 15 mg/L and 0.8 times crop-evaporation coefficient can increase root morphology, inter-root soil bacterial community diversity and bacterial network structure, and enhance potential ecosystem functions in the rhizosphere.
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- Hongjun Lei
- School of Water Conservancy, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- School of Water Conservancy, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- School of Water Conservancy, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- School of Water Conservancy, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- School of Water Conservancy, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
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Bisht K, Luecke AR, Wakeman CA. Temperature-specific adaptations and genetic requirements in a biofilm formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front Microbiol 2023; 13:1032520. [PMID: 36687584 PMCID: PMC9853522 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1032520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative opportunistic pathogen often associated with nosocomial infections that are made more severe by this bacterium's ability to form robust biofilms. A biofilm is a microbial community encompassing cells embedded within an extracellular polymeric substrate (EPS) matrix that is typically secreted by the encased microbial cells. Biofilm formation is influenced by several environmental cues, and temperature fluctuations are likely to be an important stimulus in the lifecycle of P. aeruginosa as it transitions between life in aquatic or soil environments to sites of infection in the human host. Previous work has demonstrated that human body temperature can induce a shift in the biofilm EPS relative to room temperature growth, resulting in an incorporation of a filamentous phage coat protein into the biofilm EPS. In this study, we sought to identify adaptations enabling biofilm formation at room temperature or temperatures mimicking the natural environment of P. aeruginosa (23°C and 30°C) relative to temperatures mimicking life in the human host (37°C and 40°C). We identified higher biofilm: biomass ratios at lower temperatures on certain substrates, which correlated with a higher relative abundance of apparent polysaccharide EPS content. However, the known genes for EPS polysaccharide production in P. aeruginosa PA14 did not appear to be specifically important for temperature-dependent biofilm adaptation, with the pelB gene appearing to be generally important and the algD gene being generally expendable in all conditions tested. Instead, we were able to identify two previously uncharacterized hypothetical proteins (PA14_50070 and PA14_67550) specifically required for biofilm formation at 23°C and/or 30°C relative to temperatures associated with the human host. These unstudied contributors to biofilm integrity may have been previously overlooked since most P. aeruginosa biofilm studies tend to use 37°C growth temperatures. Overall, our study demonstrates that temperature shifts can have dramatic impacts on biofilm structure and highlights the importance of studying environment-specific adaptations in biofilm physiology.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
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Vieira-da-Silva B, Castanho MARB. The structure and matrix dynamics of bacterial biofilms as revealed by antimicrobial peptides' diffusion. J Pept Sci 2022; 29:e3470. [PMID: 36537560 DOI: 10.1002/psc.3470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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From the biological point of view, bacterial biofilms are communities of bacteria embedded in a self-produced gel matrix composed of polysaccharides, DNA, and proteins. Considering the biophysical point of view, the biofilm matrix is a highly dense, crowded medium that imposes constraints to solute diffusion, depending on the size, conformational dynamics, and net charge. From the pharmacological point of view, biofilms are additional difficulties to drug development as heterogeneity in oxygen and nutrient distribution, and consequently, heterogeneity in bacterial metabolic status leads to recalcitrance. For peptide scientists, biofilms are both a challenge and an opportunity. Biofilms can be intruded by peptides, revealing important biological, biophysical, and pharmacological insights. Peptides can be engineered for different sizes, flexibilities, and net charges, unravelling the determinants of diffusion; they kill bacteria by lysis, overcoming the hurdles of metabolic status heterogeneity, and they are able to kill bacteria in the biofilm core, leaving the matrix intact, that is, without causing bacterial biofilm dispersion as side effect. This concise review addresses the knowledge reached while interrogating bacterial biofilms with peptides and other reporter molecules, and the advances therefrom in biology, biophysics, and drug development.
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