Variability of Properties Characterizing Persistent Potential of Cholera Vibrio in Biofilm Communities

• Main Authors: Yu. V. Sizova, I. Ya. Cherepakhina, V. V. Balakhnova, O. S. Burlakova, E. V. Sizova, O. I. Pomukhina, O. P. Fetsaylova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Federal Government Health Institution, Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute “Microbe” 2012-06-01
• Series: Проблемы особо опасных инфекций
• Subjects: биопленка; холерный вибрион; персистенция; адаптация; антилизоцимная активность; каталазная активность; билирезистентность; biofilm; cholera vibrio; persistency; adaptation; antilysozyme activity; catalase activity; biliresistance
• Online Access: https://journal.microbe.ru/jour/article/view/819
• ISSN: 0370-1069; 2658-719X

Represented are the results of studies on variability of properties characterizing persistent potential of V. cholerae in biofilm communities under the long-term cultivation in river water. Demonstrated is the fact that in the cold water epidemically significant cholera vibrios form thin biofilms and do not survive for the most part. But atoxigenic strains, isolated from the water, can survive in the environment both in the cold and warm time of the year due to formation of thick biofilm and realization of the persistent activity. Expressiveness of the properties studied, except antilysozyme activity (ALA), directly correlate with biofilm formation intensity. In case of ALA one observes inverse correlation.