Chitin Increases Mycobacterium ulcerans Growth in Acidic Environments

Species with a chitinous exoskeleton are overrepresented among the aquatic organisms carrying Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU) in nature and laboratory experiments have demonstrated the enhancing effects of chitin on the growth of MU. Field surveys identified pH as one of the key parameters delineating t...

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Autores principales: Sanhueza, Daniel, Chevillon, Christine, Bouzinbi, Nicolas, Godreuil, Sylvain, Guégan, Jean-François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: the Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology (JSME)/the Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology (JSSM)/the Taiwan Society of Microbial Ecology (TSME)/the Japanese Society of Plant Microbe Interactions (JSPMI) 2018
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6031397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29910219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME17160
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author Sanhueza, Daniel
Chevillon, Christine
Bouzinbi, Nicolas
Godreuil, Sylvain
Guégan, Jean-François
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description Species with a chitinous exoskeleton are overrepresented among the aquatic organisms carrying Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU) in nature and laboratory experiments have demonstrated the enhancing effects of chitin on the growth of MU. Field surveys identified pH as one of the key parameters delineating the distribution of MU in tropical regions. The present study investigated the relationship between chitin and pH in MU growth. By focusing on pH variations in the field, our results revealed that chitin enhanced MU growth in acidic environments. The present study provides new information on the ecological conditions favoring the development of this mycobacterium in nature.
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spelling pubmed-60313972018-07-06 Chitin Increases Mycobacterium ulcerans Growth in Acidic Environments Sanhueza, Daniel Chevillon, Christine Bouzinbi, Nicolas Godreuil, Sylvain Guégan, Jean-François Microbes Environ Short Communication Species with a chitinous exoskeleton are overrepresented among the aquatic organisms carrying Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU) in nature and laboratory experiments have demonstrated the enhancing effects of chitin on the growth of MU. Field surveys identified pH as one of the key parameters delineating the distribution of MU in tropical regions. The present study investigated the relationship between chitin and pH in MU growth. By focusing on pH variations in the field, our results revealed that chitin enhanced MU growth in acidic environments. The present study provides new information on the ecological conditions favoring the development of this mycobacterium in nature. the Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology (JSME)/the Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology (JSSM)/the Taiwan Society of Microbial Ecology (TSME)/the Japanese Society of Plant Microbe Interactions (JSPMI) 2018-06 2018-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6031397/ /pubmed/29910219 http://dx.doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME17160 Text en Copyright © 2018 by Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology / Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology / Taiwan Society of Microbial Ecology / Japanese Society of Plant Microbe Interactions. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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