Response of Brucella suis 1330 and B. canis RM6/66 to growth at acid pH and induction of an adaptive acid tolerance response

Acid pH is an environmental stress often encountered by Brucella during both the “environmental” and the “pathogenic” stages of its life. We have investigated the behaviour of B. suis biovar 1 and B. canis in acid conditions. Growth at suboptimal pH was characterized by a dramatic reduction in growt...

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Veröffentlicht in:Research in microbiology 1997-02, Vol.148 (2), p.145-151
Hauptverfasser: Kulakov, Y.K., Guigue-Talet, P.G., Ramuz, M.R., O'Callaghan, D.
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Zusammenfassung:Acid pH is an environmental stress often encountered by Brucella during both the “environmental” and the “pathogenic” stages of its life. We have investigated the behaviour of B. suis biovar 1 and B. canis in acid conditions. Growth at suboptimal pH was characterized by a dramatic reduction in growth yield due to an early onset of stationary phase. B. suis was more resistant to low pH than B. canis, which lysed at pH 4.6. Viable counts measured after a 4-h acid shock at pH 3.2 showed that the relative survival of B. suis was 1,000-fold greater than that of B. canis. An adaptive acid tolerance response (ATR) was induced in both species by culture at pH 5.8; however, while the acid-sensitive B. canis had more than a 2,000-fold increase in survival following acid shock at pH 3.2, the increase in survival of B. suis was only around 50-fold. The kinetics of the induction of ATR were followed: for B. suis, 1–2 h (1 generation) at pH 5.8 were required to induce acid tolerence (50-fold protection), and these levels remained constant over 24 h. B. canis became relatively acid-resistant after only 30-min exposure to pH 5.8. Levels of acid tolerence continued to increase and were maximal at 24 h. Stationary phase pH 7.2 cultures of either species did not exhibit acid resistance, suggesting that, like Salmonella, Brucella does not have an rpoS-controlled stationary phase acid resistance. Brucella rencontre des conditions acides au cours de son existence, aussi bien dans le milieu extérieur que comme agent pathogène. Nous avons étudié le comportement de B. suis biovar 1 et B. canis dans des conditions acides. A pH suboptimal, le rendement de croissance des bactéries est réduit par un passage précoce en phase stationnaire. B. suis est plus résistant aux bas pH que B. canis qui lyse à pH 4.6. La survie après 4 heures de choc acide à pH 3.2 montre que B. suis est 1000 fois plus résistant que B. canis. La culture des 2 espèces à pH 5.8 induit une tolérance au choc acide à pH 3.2. Cependant, le degré de protection vis-à-vis de ce choc acide est de 2000 fois pour B. canis et de seulement 50 fois pour B. suis. Une à deux heures (1 génération) de croissance à pH 5.8 sont nécessaires pour induire la tolérance acide chez B. suis. Seulement 30 minutes d'exposition à pH 5.8 suffisent à B. canis; cependant le niveau de tolérance acide continue d'augmenter et est maximal à la 24 e heure. Les cultures de l'une ou l'autre espèce à pH 7.2 en phase stationnaire ne sont pas résistantes a
ISSN:0923-2508
1769-7123
DOI:10.1016/S0923-2508(97)87645-0