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Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2023

Ability of biofilm formation of Streptococcus equi isolates from accute and asymptomatic carrier strangles horses

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Streptococcus equi subsp equi (SEE) is the causative agent of strangles and its persistence in guttural pouches of asymptomatic carriers plays an important role in the spread of the disease. SEE is a β-hemolytic and Lancefield’s group C Streptococcus found only in Equidae; and believed to have evolved from an ancestral strain of Streptococcus equi subsp zooepidemicus (SEZ). This last is associated with a wide variety of diseases in horses and other animals including humans. While SEZ is able of producing biofilm, SEE’s ability to form it is still undescribed. In this study, 6 SEE strains (isolated from carrier [10-146, 15-001, 58-450] and acute [8-550, 12-313, 39-275] strangle horses) and 3 SEZ [6-884, 10-150, 39-477] strains were used to analyze and compare their biofilm formation ability. All these strains have been isolated from guttural pouch washes of horses included in the first longitudinal field study on strangles in France, performed from 2016 to 2019. In vitro biofilm production by SEE et SEZ was characterized by 4 methodologies: 1) Crystal violet staining (CV), 2) Single-frequency impedance measurement (iCELLigence Real-Time Cell Analysis /RTCA instrument), 3) 3D inverted microscopy using live/dead staining, 4) the Bioflux 200 microfluidic system associated with microscopy. A strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa known to produce biofilm was used as positive control and sterile media as negative control. Three independent experiments with three replicates per strain were carried out for each protocol. The ability of SEZ strains to produce biofilm was confirmed by all 4 methods. According to the different results obtained, two groups could be distinguished among the SEE strains analyzed. The strains of group A, including strains 8-550, 12-313, and 15-001, presented small colonies and average biofilm with mean OD590 comprised between 0.205 and 0.218 by CV. The strains of group B, containing strains 10-146, 39275, and 58-450, presented the largest mucosal colonies and showed weak biofilm with a mean OD590 comprised between 0.0015 and 0.035. These observations were confirmed by impedance measurement, 3D microscopy, and Bioflux visualizations. Our study revealed that biofilm production in SEE was mainly associated with morphotypes. More investigations are necessary to understand the relationship between biofilm production ability of isolated strains and the asymptomatic carrier/acute status of strangles horses.
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hal-04148883 , version 1 (03-07-2023)

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Albertine Léon, Sophie Castagnet, Éléna Kokabi, Marine Pottier, Jean-Christophe Giard. Ability of biofilm formation of Streptococcus equi isolates from accute and asymptomatic carrier strangles horses. Workshop Havemeyer, Ashley Boyle, May 2023, Mendenhall, United States. ⟨hal-04148883⟩
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