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Abstract

ABSTRACT Biofilm production is an important step in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus epidermidis polymer-associated infections and depends on the expression of the ica ADBC operon leading to the synthesis of a polysaccharide intercellular adhesin. A chromosomally encoded reporter gene fusion between the ica promoter and the beta-galactosidase gene lac Z from Escherichia coli was constructed and used to investigate the influence of both environmental factors and subinhibitory concentrations of different antibiotics on ica expression in S. epidermidis . It was shown that S. epidermidis biofilm formation is induced by external stress (i.e., high temperature and osmolarity). Subinhibitory concentrations of tetracycline and the semisynthetic streptogramin antibiotic quinupristin-dalfopristin were found to enhance ica expression 9- to 11-fold, whereas penicillin, oxacillin, chloramphenicol, clindamycin, gentamicin, ofloxacin, vancomycin, and teicoplanin had no effect on ica expression. A weak (i.e., 2.5-fold) induction of ica expression was observed for subinhibitory concentrations of erythromycin. The results were confirmed by Northern blot analyses of ica transcription and quantitative analyses of biofilm formation in a colorimetric assay.

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Rachid, S., Ohlsen, K., Witte, W., Hacker, J., & Ziebuhr, W. (2000). Effect of Subinhibitory Antibiotic Concentrations on Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin Expression in Biofilm-Forming Staphylococcus epidermidis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 44(12), 3357–3363.

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@article{Rachid_2000, title={Effect of Subinhibitory Antibiotic Concentrations on Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin Expression in Biofilm-Forming Staphylococcus epidermidis}, volume={44}, ISSN={1098-6596}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aac.44.12.3357-3363.2000}, DOI={10.1128/aac.44.12.3357-3363.2000}, number={12}, journal={Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy}, publisher={American Society for Microbiology}, author={Rachid, Shwan and Ohlsen, Knut and Witte, Wolfgang and Hacker, Jörg and Ziebuhr, Wilma}, year={2000}, month=dec, pages={3357–3363} }