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ArticleVeterinary research2014

Biofilm formation by virulent and non-virulent strains of Haemophilus parasuis.

Bernardo Bello-Ortí, Vincent Deslandes, Yannick D N Tremblay, Josée Labrie, Kate J Howell, Alexander W Tucker, Duncan J Maskell, Virginia Aragon, Mario Jacques

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Article in Veterinary research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Bernardo Bello-Ortí
Vincent Deslandes
Yannick D N Tremblay
Josée Labrie
Kate J Howell
Alexander W Tucker
Duncan J Maskell
Virginia Aragon
Mario JacquesGroupe de recherche sur les maladies infectieuses du porc, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, Québec J2S 7C6, Canada. mario.jacques@umontreal.ca.
Université de Montréal · CAUniversity of Cambridge · GBCentre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal · ESUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ES

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G019274/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Haemophilus parasuis is a commensal bacterium of the upper respiratory tract of healthy pigs. It is also the etiological agent of Glässer's disease, a systemic disease characterized by polyarthritis, fibrinous polyserositis and meningitis, which causes high morbidity and mortality in piglets. The aim of this study was to evaluate biofilm formation by well-characterized virulent and non-virulent strains of H. parasuis. We observed that non-virulent strains isolated from the nasal cavities of healthy pigs formed significantly (p < 0.05) more biofilms than virulent strains isolated from lesions of pigs with Glässer's disease. These differences were observed when biofilms were formed in microtiter plates under static conditions or formed in the presence of shear force in a drip-flow apparatus or a microfluidic system. Confocal laser scanning microscopy using different fluorescent probes on a representative subset of strains indicated that the biofilm matrix contains poly-N-acetylglucosamine, proteins and eDNA. The biofilm matrix was highly sensitive to degradation by proteinase K. Comparison of transcriptional profiles of biofilm and planktonic cells of the non-virulent H. parasuis F9 strain revealed a significant number of up-regulated membrane-related genes in biofilms, and genes previously identified in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae biofilms. Our data indicate that non-virulent strains of H. parasuis have the ability to form robust biofilms in contrast to virulent, systemic strains. Biofilm formation might therefore allow the non-virulent strains to colonize and persist in the upper respiratory tract of pigs. Conversely, the planktonic state of the virulent strains might allow them to disseminate within the host.

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AnimalsBiofilmsHaemophilus InfectionsHaemophilus parasuisMicroscopy, ConfocalMolecular Sequence DataSequence Analysis, DNASwineSwine DiseasesTracheaVirulence

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PMID25428823
PMCPMC4245831
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