Clostridium difficile forms variable biofilms on abiotic surface

Véronique Pantaleon (1) , Marc Monot (2, 3, 4) , Catherine Eckert (5) , Sandra Hoys (1) , Anne Collignon (1) , Claire Janoir (1) , Thomas Candela (1)

1 UBaPS - Bactéries, Pathogènes et Santé
2 PBA (U-Pasteur_6) - Pathogénèse des Bactéries Anaérobies / Pathogenesis of Bacterial Anaerobes
3 UdeS - Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé [Sherbrooke]
4 Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
5 CIMI - Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses

Clostridium difficile can form biofilms. Thirty-seven strains were characterized for their ability to form a biofilm, adhesion on an inert surface and hydrophobicity. No correlation between the ability to form a biofilm and the strain virulence was highlighted. However, non-motile strains were not able to form a high biofilm.

Keywords: Biofilm; Clostridium difficile; Motility

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Biochemistry, Molecular Biology; Molecular biology; Microbiology and Parasitology

Véronique Pantaleon, Marc Monot, Catherine Eckert, Sandra Hoys, Anne Collignon, et al.. Clostridium difficile forms variable biofilms on abiotic surface. Anaerobe, 2018, 53, pp.34-37. ⟨10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.05.006⟩. ⟨pasteur-02549240⟩