Characterization of spore surfaces from a Geobacillus sp. isolate by pH dependence of surface charge and infrared spectra

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1339-1348

  Seale, R B ^a   Bremer, P J ^a   Flint, S H ^b   McQuillan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bacterial spores; dairy; infrared spectroscopy; surfaces; thermophiles

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INFRARED REFLECTION; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC SELENIDE;

BACTERIAL SPORE; GEOBACILLUS SP; INFRARED SPECTRUM; INFRARED: SPECTROSCOPY; PH DEPENDENCE; PH-DEPENDENCE; POLYMER CONFORMATION; SURFACE FROM; SURFACE POLYMERS; THERMOPHILE;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBOXYL GROUP; POLYSACCHARIDE; RUTHENIUM RED; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADHESION; ESTER; INFRARED IMAGERY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INORGANIC COMPOUND; PH; POLYMER; PROTEIN; SPORE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GEOBACILLUS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRISM; SURFACE CHARGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS;

EID: 77956896854     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04760.x     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Absolom, D.R., Lamberti, F.V., Policova, Z., Zingg, W., van Oss, C.J. Neumann, A.W. (1983) Surface thermodynamics of bacterial adhesion. Appl Environ Microbiol 46, 90 97.
2. Aronson, A.I. Fitz-James, P. (1976) Structure and morphogenesis of the bacterial spore coat. Bacteriol Rev 40, 360 402.
3. Boulangé-Petermann, L., Doren, A., Baroux, B. Bellon-Fontaine, M.N. (1995) Zeta potential measurements on passive metals. J Colloid Interf Sci 171, 179 186.
4. Chada, V.G., Sanstad, E.A., Wang, R. Driks, A. (2003) Morphogenesis of bacillus spore surfaces. J Bacteriol 185, 6255 6261.
5. Chen, G. Strevett, K.A. (2003) Microbial surface thermodynamics and interactions in aqueous media. J Colloid Interf Sci 261, 283 290. (Pubitemid 36535438)
6. Cheung, H.Y., Cui, J. Sun, S.Q. (1999) Real-time monitoring of Bacillus subtilis endospore components by attenuated total reflection Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy during germination. Microbiology 45, 1043 1048.
7. Driks, A. (1999) Bacillus subtilis spore coat. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 63, 1 20.
8. Dring, G.J. Gould, G.W. (1971) Sequence of events during rapid germination of spores of Bacillus cereus. J Gen Microbiol 65, 101 104.
9. Fox, A., Black, G.E., Fox, K. Rostovtseva, S. (1993) Determination of carbohydrate profiles of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus including identification of 0-Methyl methylpentoses by using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol 31, 887 894.
10. Fox, A., Stewart, G.C., Waller, L.N., Fox, K.F., Harley, W.M. Price, R.L. (2003) Carbohydrates and glycoproteins of Bacillus anthracis and related bacilli: targets for biodetection. J Microbiol Meth 54, 143 152.
11. Gerhardt, P. Ribi, E. (1964) Ultrastructure of the exosporium enveloping spores of Bacillus cereus. J Bacteriol 88, 1774 1789.
12. Heinrich, H.T.M., Bremer, P.J., Daughney, C.J. McQuillan, A.J. (2007) Acid-base titrations of functional groups on the surface of the thermophilic bacterium Anoxybacillus flavithermus: comparing a chemical equilibrium model with ATR-IR spectroscopic data. Langmuir 23, 2731 2740.
13. Helm, D. Naumann, D. (1995) Identification of some bacterial cell components by FT-IR spectroscopy. FEMS Microbiol Lett 126, 75 80.
14. Henriques, A.O. Moran, C.P. (2000) Structure and assembly of the bacterial endospore coat. Methods 20, 95 110.
15. Herigstad, B., Hamilton, M. Heersink, J. (2001) How to optimize the drop plate method for enumerating bacteria. J Microbiol Meth 44, 121 129.
16. 2+-dipicolinic acid in individual Bacillus spores determined using microfluidic Raman tweezers. J Bacteriol 189, 4681 4687.
17. Hunter, R.J. (1981) Zeta Potential in Colloid Science.
18. Husmark, U. Ronner, U. (1990) Forces involved in adhesion of Bacillus cereus spores to solid surfaces under different environmental conditions. J Appl Microbiol 69, 557 562.
19. Ishida, K.P. Griffiths, P.R. (1993) Comparison of the amide III intensity ratio of solution and solid-state proteins sampled by transmission, attenuated total reflectance, and diffuse reflectance spectrometry. Appl Spectrosc 47, 584 589.
20. James, A.M. (1991). Charge properties of microbiol cell surfaces. In Microbial Cell Surface Analysis; Structural and Physiochemical Methods ed. Mozes, N., Handley, P.S., Busscher, H.J. Rouxhet, P.G.
21. Janssen, F.W., Lund, A.J. Andersen, L.E. (1958) Colorimetric assay for dipicolinic acid in bacterial spores. Science 127, 26 27.
22. Jiang, W., Saxena, A., Song, B., Ward, B.B., Beveridge, T.J. Myneni, S.C.B. (2004) Elucidation of functional groups on gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial surfaces using infrared spectroscopy. Langmuir 20, 11433 11442.
23. Johnstone, K., Stewart, G.S., Scott, I.R. Ellar, D.J. (1982) Zinc release and the sequence of biochemical events during triggering of Bacillus megaterium KM spore germination. Biochem J 208, 407 411.
24. Kang, S.Y., Bremer, P.J., Kim, K.W. McQuillan, A.J. (2006) Monitoring metal ion binding in single-layer Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms using ATR-IR spectroscopy. Langmuir 22, 286 291.
25. Kazakov, S., Bonvouloir, E. Gazaryan, I. (2008) Physiochemical characterization of natural ionic microreservoirs: Bacillus subtilis dormant spores. J Phys Chem B 112, 2233 2244.
26. van Loosdrecht, M.C.M., Lyklema, J., Norde, W. Zehnder, A.J.B. (1989) Bacterial adhesion: a physicochemical approach. Microb Ecol 17, 1 15.
27. Matz, L.L., Beaman, T.C. Gerhardt, P. (1970) Chemical composition of exosporium from spores of Bacillus cereus. J Bacteriol 101, 196 201.
28. McWhirter, M.J., Bremer, P.J. McQuillan, A.J. (2002) Direct infrared spectroscopy evidence of pH- and ionic strength-induced changes in distance of attached Pseudomonas aeruginosa from ZnSe surfaces. Langmuir 18, 1904 1907.
29. McWhirter, M.J., Bremer, P.J., Lamont, I.L. McQuillan, A.J. (2003) Siderophore-mediated covalent bonding to metal (oxide) surfaces during biofilm initiation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Langmuir 19, 3575 3577.
30. Murphy, P., Lynch, D. Kelly, P. (1999) Growth of thermophilic spore forming bacilli in milk during the manufacture of low heat powders. Int J Dairy Techol 52, 45 50.
31. Orsini, F., Ami, D., Villa, A.M., Sala, G., Belloti, M.G. Doglia, S.M. (2000) FT-IR microspectrscopy for microbiological studies. J Microbiol Meth 42, 17 27.
32. Panessa-Warren, B.J., Tortora, G.T. Warren, J.B. (2007) High resolution FESEM and TEM reveal bacterial spore attachment. Microsc Microanal 13, 251 266.
33. Parikh, S.J. Chorover, J. (2006) ATR-FTIR spectrscopy reveals bond formation during bacterial adhesion to iron oxide. Langmuir 22, 8492 8500.
34. Perkins, D.L., Lovell, C.R., Bronk, B.V., Setlow, B., Setlow, P. Myrick, M.L. (2005) Fourier transform infared reflectance microspectroscopy study of Bacillus subtilis engineered without dipicolinic acid: the contribution of calcium dipicolinate to the mid-infared absorbance of Bacillus subtilis endospores. Appl Spectrosc 59, 893 896.
35. Poortinga, A.T., Bos, R. Busscher, H.J. (2001) Electrostatic interactions in the adhesion of an ion-penetrable and ion-impenetrable bacterial strain to glass. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 20, 105 117.
36. Powell, J.F. (1953) Isolation of dipicolinic acid (pyridine-2:6- dicarboxylic acid) from spores of Bacillus megaterium. Biochem J 54, 210 211.
37. Redman, J.A., Walker, S.L. Elimelech, M. (2004) Bacterial adhesion and transport in porous media: role of the secondary energy minimum. Environ Sci Technol 38, 1777 1785.
38. Redmond, C., Baillie, L.W.J., Hibbs, S., Moir, A.J.G. Moir, A. (2004) Identification of proteins in the exosporium of Bacillus anthracis. Microbiology 150, 355 363.
39. Rijnaarts, H.H.M., Norde, W., Lyklema, J. Zehnder, A.J.B. (1995) The isoelectric point of bacteria as an indicator for the presence of cell surface polymers that inhibit adhesion. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 4, 191 197.
40. Rijnaarts, H.H.M., Norde, W., Lyklema, J. Zhehnder, A.J.B. (1999) DLVA and steric contributions to bacterial deposition in media of different ionic strengths. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 14, 179 195.
41. Sacks, L.E. Alderton, G. (1961) Behaviour of bacterial spores in aqueous polymer two-phase systems. J Bacteriol 82, 331 341.
42. Scott, I.R. Ellar, D.J. (1978) Study of calcium dipicolinate release during bacterial spore germination by using a new, sensitive assay for dipicolinate. J Bacteriol 135, 133 137.
43. Scott, S.A., Brooks, J.D., Rakonjac, J., Walker, K.M.R. Flint, S.H. (2007) The formation of thermophilic spores during the manufacture of whole milk powder. Int J Dairy Techol 60, 109 117.
44. Seale, R.B., Flint, S.H., McQuillan, A.J. Bremer, P.J. (2008) Recovery of spores from thermophilic dairy bacilli and effects of their surface characteristics on attachment to different surfaces. Appl Environ Microbiol 74, 731 737.
45. Setlow, B., Atluri, S., Kitchel, R., Koziol-Dube, K. Setlow, P. (2006) Role of dipicolinic acid in resistance and stability of spores of Bacillus subtilis with or without DNA-protective alphabeta-type small acid-soluble proteins. J Bacteriol 188, 3740 3747.
46. Shaw, D.J. (1980) Colloid Stability. In Introduction to Colloid and Surface Chemistry ed. Shaw, D.J. pp. 183 212.
47. Subramanian, A., Ahn, J., Balasubrmaniam, V.M. Rodriguez-Saona, L. (2006) Determination of spore inactivation during thermal and pressure-assisted thermal processing using FT-IR spectroscopy. J Agric Food Chem 54, 10300 10306.
48. Tauveron, G., Slomianny, C., Henry, C. Faille, C. (2006) Variability among Bacillus cereus strains in spore surface properties and influence on their ability to contaminate food surface equipment. Int J Food Microbiol 110, 254 262.
49. Walker, S.L., Hill, J.E., Redman, J.A. Elimelech, M. (2005) Influence of growth phase on adhesion kinetics of Escherichia coli D21g. Appl Environ Microbiol 71, 3039 3099.
50. Waller, L.N., Fox, N., Fox, K.F., Fox, A. Price, R.L. (2004) Ruthenium red staining for ultrastructural visualization of a glycoprotein layer surrounding the spore Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus subtilis. J Microbiol Meth 58, 23 30.