BV and non-BV associated Gardnerella vaginalis establish similar synergistic interactions with other BV-associated microorganisms in dual-species biofilms

Anaerobe

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-59

  Castro, Joana ^a,b   Cerca, Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Gardnerella vaginalis virulence; Polymicrobial biofilms

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES NEUII; ACTINOMYCES TURICENSIS; AEROCOCCUS CHRISTENSENII; ARTICLE; BACILLUS FIRMUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BREVIBACTERIUM RAVENSPURGENSE; CORYNEBACTERIUM AMYCOLATUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSTEARICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM TUSCANIENSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA INFECTION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GEMELLA HAEMOLYSANS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS VAGINALIS; MOBILUNCUS MULIERIS; NONHUMAN; NOSOCOMIICOCCUS AMPULLAE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PREVOTELLA BIVIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; VAGINITIS; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOFILMS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945417277     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.10.008     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Schwebke J.R., Muzny C.A., Josey W.E. Role of Gardnerella vaginalis in the pathogenesis of bacterial vaginosis: a conceptual model. J. Infect. Dis. 2014, 210:338-343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiu089.
2. Swidsinski A., Loening-Baucke V., Mendling W., Dörffel Y., Schilling J., Halwani Z., et al. Infection through structured polymicrobial Gardnerella biofilms (StPM-GB). Histol. Histopathol. 2013, 29:567-587. 10.14670/HH-29.10.567.
3. Marrazzo J.M. Interpreting the epidemiology and natural history of bacterial vaginosis: are we still confused?. Anaerobe 2011, 17:186-190. 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.03.016.
4. Redelinghuys M.J., Ehlers M.M., Dreyer A.W., Kock M.M. Normal flora and bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy: an overview. Crit. Rev. Microbiol. 2015, 1-12. 10.3109/1040841X.2014.954522.
5. Peters B.M., Jabra-Rizk M.A., O'May G.A., Costerton J.W., Shirtliff M.E. Polymicrobial interactions: impact on pathogenesis and human disease. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2012, 25:193-213. 10.1128/CMR.00013-11.
6. Marrazzo J.M., Koutsky L.A., Eschenbach D.A., Agnew K., Stine K., Hillier S.L. Characterization of vaginal flora and bacterial vaginosis in women who have sex with women. J. Infect. Dis. 2002, 185:1307-1313. 10.1086/339884.
7. Jayaprakash T.P., Schellenberg J.J., Hill J.E. Resolution and characterization of distinct cpn60-based subgroups of Gardnerella vaginalis in the vaginal microbiota. PLoS One 2012, 7:e43009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043009.
8. Alves P., Castro J., Sousa C., Cereija T.B., Cerca N. Gardnerella vaginalis outcompetes 29 other bacterial species isolated from patients with bacterial vaginosis, using in an in vitro biofilm formation model. J. Infect. Dis. 2014, 210:593-596. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiu131.
9. Castro J., Alves P., Sousa C., Cereija T., França Â., Jefferson K.K., et al. Using an in-vitro biofilm model to assess the virulence potential of bacterial vaginosis or non-Bacterial vaginosis Gardnerella vaginalis isolates. Sci. Rep. 2015, 5:11640. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11640.
10. Swidsinski A., Mendling W., Loening-Baucke V., Ladhoff A., Swidsinski S., Hale L.P., et al. Adherent biofilms in bacterial vaginosis. Obstet. Gynecol. 2005, 106:1013-1123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.AOG.0000183594.45524.d2.
11. Machado A., Jefferson K.K., Cerca N. Interactions between Lactobacillus crispatus and bacterial vaginosis (BV)-Associated bacterial species in initial attachment and biofilm formation. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2013, 14:12004-12012. 10.3390/ijms140612004.
12. Machado D., Palmeira-de-Oliveira A., Cerca N. Optimization of culture conditions for Gardnerella vaginalis biofilms formation. J. Microbiol. Methods 2015, 14(118):143-146. 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.09.007.
13. Machado A., Cerca N. Influence of biofilm formation by Gardnerella vaginalis and other anaerobes on bacterial vaginosis. J. Infect. Dis. 2015, (in press). 10.1093/infdis/jiv338.
14. Pybus V., Onderdonk A.B. Evidence for a commensal, symbiotic relationship between Gardnerella vaginalis and Prevotella bivia involving ammonia: potential significance for bacterial vaginosis. J. Infect. Dis. 1997, 175:406-413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/175.2.406.
15. Boskey E.R., Telsch K.M., Whaley K.J., Moench T.R., Cone R.A. Acid production by vaginal flora in vitro is consistent with the rate and extent of vaginal acidification. Infect. Immun. 1999, 67:5170-5175. PMID: 10496892.