- Author:
Manuela OLIVEIRA
1
;
Ricardo BEXIGA
;
Sandro Filipe NUNES
;
Cristina Lobo VILELA
Author Information
- Publication Type:Brief Communication ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords: biofilm; bovine mammary epithelial cells; bovine subclinical mastitis; invasion; Staphylococci
- MeSH: Animals; *Biofilms; Cattle; Cell Line; Colony Count, Microbial/veterinary; Epithelial Cells/microbiology; Female; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; Mastitis, Bovine/*microbiology; Portugal; Staphylococcal Infections/*veterinary; Staphylococcus aureus/classification/genetics/immunology/*physiology; Virulence Factors/i
- From:Journal of Veterinary Science 2011;12(1):95-97
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Staphylococcus (S.) aureus is a common infectious agent of bovine chronic mastitis, a disease that is difficult to eradicate. The abilities of Staphylococci to be internalized and form a biofilm can contribute to host immunological defence evasion that subsequently impairs antimicrobial therapy. The invasive capability of six S. aureus field isolates with different biofilm-forming profiles was compared in vitro using a bovine mammary epithelial cell line. This was further confirmed in primary cell cultures using fluorescent rRNA probes against S. aureus. The results suggest that S. aureus invasion levels are not related to biofilm formation.