Journal: Microorganisms
Article Title: Inhibition of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Growth Through Nutrient Competition by Non-O157 E. coli Isolated from Cattle
doi: 10.3390/microorganisms13122811
Figure Lengend Snippet: Bacteriocin presence and inhibitory activity of non-O157:H7 E. coli strains against O157:H7. ( A ) In vitro inhibition of E. coli O157:H7 by heat-inactivated cell-free supernatants of bovine non-O157:H7 strains under anaerobic conditions. AUC values were determined from OD 630 growth curve data using GrowthCurveR (v0.3.1). Mean AUC values for each of the O157:H7 strains treated with heat-inactivated cell-free supernatant from each of the non-O157:H7 strains were calculated and compared to the mean AUC values for each O157:H7 strain grown in TSB alone to determine the percent difference (%diff) in AUC with dplyr (v1.1.4). Heatmap intensity corresponds to the %diff in the mean area under the curve (AUC) values from growth curves of E. coli O157:H7 indicator strains (ATCC 43888 and ATCC 700728) with and without exposure to heat-inactivated, cell-free supernatants of the bovine non-O157:H7 isolates. Four replicates were conducted for each inhibition assay. Statistical comparisons were made between both bovine non-O157:H7 isolate and each of the two E. coli O157:H7 strains with tukeyHSD within the stats (v3.6.2) package in R. ( B ) Antimicrobial peptides identified in bovine non-O157:H7 and E. coli O157:H7 isolates with Bagel5. Present genes are denoted in blue, and the absence of the gene is denoted in gray.
Article Snippet: Strains 14_437FEN5, 61_438REC, 69_426FEC, and 87_435FED produced significantly higher AUC values than both O157:H7 strains (ATCC 700728 and ATCC 43888) for all nutrients tested outside of ethanolamine, and were combined into a consortium which was deemed “highly competitive” (HC) for the nutrients tested.
Techniques: Activity Assay, In Vitro, Inhibition