Adhesion of Yeast and Bacteria to Oral Surfaces

Colonization of surfaces in the human body by microorganisms is an early, essential, step in the initiation of infectious disease. We have developed in vitro assays to investigate interactions between yeast or bacterial cells and human tissues, fluids, or prostheses. Such assays can be used to ident...

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Published inMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) Vol. 2588; p. 131
Main Authors Cannon, Richard D, Lyons, Karl M, Chong, Kenneth, Newsham-West, Kathryn, Niimi, Kyoko, Holmes, Ann R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 2023
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Summary:Colonization of surfaces in the human body by microorganisms is an early, essential, step in the initiation of infectious disease. We have developed in vitro assays to investigate interactions between yeast or bacterial cells and human tissues, fluids, or prostheses. Such assays can be used to identify the adhesins, ligands, and receptors involved in these interactions, for example, by determining which components of the microbe or human tissue/fluid interfere with adherence in the assay. The assays can also be applied to find ways of preventing adhesion, and subsequent disease, by investigating the effects of different conditions and added compounds on adherence in the in vitro assays. Here we describe assays for measuring adhesion of the oral yeast Candida albicans, a common commensal and opportunistic pathogen, or the bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis, which is not normally pathogenic but is known to form biofilms on medical prostheses. The assays described belong to two approaches to investigating adhesion and biofilm formation: (i) retention at a fixed time point following liquid washes, and (ii) retention against a continuous flow of medium.
ISSN:1940-6029
DOI:10.1007/978-1-0716-2780-8_9