Caenorhabditis elegans predation on Bacillus anthracis: Decontamination of spore contaminated soil with germinants and nematodes
    
Yazarlar (9)
Bettina Schelkle
Cardiff University, İngiltere
Young Choi
Battelle, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Leslie W. Baillie
Cardiff University, İngiltere
William Richter
Battelle, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Prof. Dr. Fatih BÜYÜK Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Elif Celik Kafkas Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Türkiye
Morgan Wendling
Battelle, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Mitat Sahin Kafkas Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Türkiye
Theresa Gallagher
Avila Scientific, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
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Dergi Adı Frontiers in Microbiology
Dergi ISSN 1664-302X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Google Scholar (scholar.google.com) and RISC (elibrary.ru)
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 10-2018
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 8 / 0 / – DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02601
Özet
Remediation of Bacillus anthracis-contaminated soil is challenging and approaches to reduce overall spore levels in environmentally contaminated soil or after intentional release of the infectious disease agent in a safe, low-cost manner are needed. B. anthracis spores are highly resistant to biocides, but once germinated they become susceptible to traditional biocides or potentially even natural predators such as nematodes in the soil environment. Here, we describe a two-step approach to reducing B. anthracis spore load in soil during laboratory trials, whereby germinants and Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes are applied concurrently. While the application of germinants reduced B. anthracis spore load by up to four logs depending on soil type, the addition of nematodes achieved a further log reduction in spore count. These laboratory based results suggest that the combined use of nematodes and germinants could represent a promising approach for the remediation of B. anthracis spore contaminated soil. Originality-Significance Statement: This study demonstrates for the first time the successful use of environmentally friendly decontamination methods to inactivate Bacillus anthracis spores in soil using natural predators of the bacterium, nematode worms.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Anthrax | Caenorhabditis elegans N2 | Environmentally friendly | Inosine | L-alanine | Remediation