PMID- 21182694
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110610
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 1365-2672 (Electronic)
IS  - 1364-5072 (Linking)
VI  - 85 Suppl 1
DP  - 1998 Dec
TI  - Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium chelonae biofilm formation under high 
      and low nutrient conditions.
PG  - 60S-69S
LID - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1998.tb05284.x [doi]
AB  - The rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) are broadly disbursed in the environment. 
      They have been recovered from freshwater, seawater, wastewater and even potable 
      water samples and are increasingly associated with non-tuberculous mycobacterial 
      disease. There is scant evidence that non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and RGM 
      form biofilms. Therefore, an experimental system was designed to assess the 
      ability of RGM to form biofilms under controlled laboratory conditions. A flat 
      plate reactor flow cell was attached to either a high or low nutrient reservoir 
      and monitored by image analysis over time. Two surfaces were chosen for 
      assessment of biofilm growth: silastic which is commonly used in medical settings 
      and high density polyethylene (HDPE) which is prevalent in water distribution 
      systems. The results show that Mycobacterium fortuitum and M. chelonae formed 
      biofilms under both high and low nutrient conditions on both surfaces studied. 
      These results suggest that RGM may form biofilms under a variety of conditions in 
      industrial and medical environments.
CI  - 1998 Society of Applied Microbiology.
FAU - Hall-Stoodley, L
AU  - Hall-Stoodley L
AD  - Environmental Microbiology Research Group, Hatherly Laboratories, Exeter 
      University, Exeter, UK. L.Stoodley@exeter.ac.uk
FAU - Keevil, C W
AU  - Keevil CW
FAU - Lappin-Scott, H M
AU  - Lappin-Scott HM
LA  - eng
GR  - 050950/MJM/APH/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - J Appl Microbiol
JT  - Journal of applied microbiology
JID - 9706280
RN  - 0 (Silicones)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Biofilms
MH  - Colony Count, Microbial
MH  - Mycobacterium chelonae/growth & development/*physiology
MH  - Mycobacterium fortuitum/growth & development/*physiology
MH  - *Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
MH  - Polyethylene
MH  - Silicones
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - *Water Microbiology
EDAT- 1998/12/01 00:00
MHDA- 2011/06/11 06:00
CRDT- 2010/12/25 06:00
PHST- 2010/12/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1998/12/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/06/11 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1998.tb05284.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Appl Microbiol. 1998 Dec;85 Suppl 1:60S-69S. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1365-2672.1998.tb05284.x.