Article
Fructooligosacharides reduce Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 pathogenicity through distinct mechanisms.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Ortega-González Mercedes, Sánchez de Medina Fermín, Molina-Santiago Carlos, López-Posadas Rocío, Pacheco Daniel, Krell Tino, Martínez-Augustin Olga, Abdelali Daddaoua
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is ubiquitously present in the environment and acts as an opportunistic pathogen on humans, animals and plants. We report here the effects of the prebiotic polysaccharide inulin and its hydrolysed form FOS on this bacterium. FOS was found to inhibit bacterial growth of strain PAO1, while inulin did not affect growth rate or yield in a significant manner. Inulin stimulated biofilm formation,...
Topics
- ADP Ribose Transferases
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Toxins
- Biofilms
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytokines
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Epithelial Cells
