Frontiers in Microbiology (Feb 2020)

Extremophilic Natrinema versiforme Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing and Biofilm

  • Tunahan Irmak Başaran,
  • Didem Berber,
  • Barış Gökalsın,
  • Annabella Tramice,
  • Giuseppina Tommonaro,
  • Gennaro Roberto Abbamondi,
  • Merve Erginer Hasköylü,
  • Ebru Toksoy Öner,
  • Carmine Iodice,
  • Nüzhet Cenk Sesal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00079
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes high morbidity and mortality rates due to its biofilm form. Biofilm formation is regulated via quorum sensing (QS) mechanism and provides up to 1000 times more resistance against conventional antibiotics. QS related genes are expressed according to bacterial population density via signal molecules. QS inhibitors (QSIs) from natural sources are widely studied evaluating various extracts from extreme environments. It is suggested that extremely halophilic Archaea may also produce QSI compounds. For this purpose, we tested QS inhibitory potentials of ethyl acetate extracts from cell free supernatants and cells of Natrinema versiforme against QS and biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa. To observe QS inhibition, all extracts were tested on P. aeruginosa lasB-gfp, rhlA-gfp, and pqsA-gfp biosensor strains and biofilm inhibition was studied using P. aeruginosa PAO1. According to our results, QS inhibition ratios of cell free supernatant extract (CFSE) were higher than cell extract (CE) on las system, whereas CE was more effective on rhl system. In addition, anti-biofilm effect of CFSE was higher than CE. Structural analysis revealed that the most abundant compound in the extracts was trans 4-(2-carboxy-vinyl) benzoic acid.

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