Biofilm formation on polystyrene under different temperatures by antibiotic resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolated from food

A R Marinho; P D Martins; E M Ditmer; P A d'Azevedo; J Frazzon; S T Van Der Sand; A P G Frazzon

doi:10.1590/S1517-83822013005000045

Biofilm formation on polystyrene under different temperatures by antibiotic resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolated from food

Braz J Microbiol. 2013 Oct 30;44(2):423-6. doi: 10.1590/S1517-83822013005000045. eCollection 2013.

Authors

A R Marinho¹, P D Martins, E M Ditmer, P A d'Azevedo, J Frazzon, S T Van Der Sand, A P G Frazzon

Affiliation

¹ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Microbiologia Agrícola e do Ambiente, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. ; Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Abstract

The ability of antibiotic resistant E. faecalis and E. faecium isolated from food to form biofilm at different temperatures in the absence or presence of 0.75% glucose was evaluated. A synergistic effect on biofilm at 10 °C, 28 °C, 37 °C and 45 °C and glucose was observed for E. faecalis and E. faecium.

Keywords: biofilm; enterococci; food; polystyrene; resistant; temperatures.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Biofilms / growth & development*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects
Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
Enterococcus faecalis / physiology*
Enterococcus faecalis / radiation effects
Enterococcus faecium / drug effects
Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
Enterococcus faecium / physiology*
Enterococcus faecium / radiation effects
Food Microbiology*
Glucose / metabolism
Polystyrenes
Temperature

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Polystyrenes
Glucose