Experimental model for in vitro evaluation of Campylobacter genus bacteria growth kinetics, inhibition, or inactivation is proposed. The model allows quantitative evaluation of the sensitivity to various types of stress exposure and promotes detection of the regularities of their transformation into uncultivable forms. The model implies the use of 96-well plates for parallel culturing of several subpopulations of the test strain in media with various parameters. The proposed algorithm includes evaluation of the proportion of viable CFU to total level of planktonic and uncultivable cells in the population, which is estimated by the content of genomic DNA in the samples by quantitative PCR (or real-time PCR) with ciaB, cdtB, or 16S rRNA primers. The presence of biofilm matrix is detected by the intensity of staining of polystyrene plates. This model can be used for evaluation of the most significant types of exposure, including low-dose antibacterial treatment, promoting the formation of stable microorganism variants. The model has been used to study the effects of culturing conditions on the characteristics of C. jejuni populations. The most characteristic feature of C. jejuni is reduction of the count of viable cells up to complete disappearance of cultivable forms under favorable conditions of growth. The level of viable cells in the populations decreased 10-fold and more, on average, after 48-h incubation. Not all strains exhibit this property, some strains retain their viability, which is detected by the culturing method, and contributes to biofilm formation.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 163, No. 7, pp. 81-88, July, 2017
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Efimochkina, N.R., Stetsenko, V.V., Bykova, I.B. et al. In Vitro Culturing and Storage of Campylobacter Genus Bacteria. Bull Exp Biol Med 164, 68–74 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-017-3927-3
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