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6. Escherichia coli Strains Display Varying Susceptibility to Grazing by the Soil Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum.

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NandaKafle, Gitanjali, Blasius, Lane A., Seale, Tarren, and Brözel, Volker S.

Subjects
DICTYOSTELIUM discoideum, GRAZING, AMOEBA, BACTERIAL population, SOILS
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Recent studies have shown that Escherichia coli can survive in different environments, including soils, and they can maintain populations in sterile soil for a long period of time. This indicates that growth-supporting nutrients are available; however, when grown in non-sterile soils, populations decline, suggesting that other biological factors play a role in controlling E. coli populations in soil. Free-living protozoa can affect the bacterial population by grazing. We hypothesized that E. coli strains capable of surviving in non-sterile soil possess mechanisms to protect themselves from amoeba predation. We determined the grazing rate of E. coli pasture isolates by using Dictyostelium discoideum. Bacterial suspensions applied to lactose agar as lines were allowed to grow for 24 h, when 4 μL of D. discoideum culture was inoculated in the center of each bacterial line. Grazing distances were measured after 4 days. The genomes of five grazing-susceptible and five grazing-resistant isolates were sequenced and compared. Grazing distance varied among isolates, which indicated that some E. coli are more susceptible to grazing by protozoa than others. When presented with a choice between grazing-susceptible and grazing-resistant isolates, D. discoideum grazed only on the susceptible strain. Grazing susceptibility phenotype did not align with the phylogroup, with both B1 and E strains found in both grazing groups. They also did not align by core genome phylogeny. Whole genome comparisons revealed that the five most highly grazed strains had 389 shared genes not found in the five least grazed strains. Conversely, the five least grazed strains shared 130 unique genes. The results indicate that long-term persistence of E. coli in soil is due at least in part to resistance to grazing by soil amoeba. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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17. Distribution of Diverse Escherichia coli between Cattle and Pasture

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NandaKafle, Gitanjali, Seale, Tarren, Flint, Toby, Nepal, Madhav, Venter, Stephanus N., and Brözel, Volker S.

Subjects
pasture, phylogroup, Feces, cattle, bovine feces, Escherichia coli, Animals, Cattle Diseases, niche partitioning, Articles, Escherichia coli Infections, Phylogeny, Soil Microbiology
Abstract

Escherichia coli is widely considered to not survive for extended periods outside the intestines of warm-blooded animals; however, recent studies demonstrated that E. coli strains maintain populations in soil and water without any known fecal contamination. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the niche partitioning of E. coli occurs between cattle and their pasture. We attempted to clarify whether E. coli from bovine feces differs phenotypically and genotypically from isolates maintaining a population in pasture soil over winter. Soil, bovine fecal, and run-off samples were collected before and after the introduction of cattle to the pasture. Isolates (363) were genotyped by uidA and mutS sequences and phylogrouping, and evaluated for curli formation (Rough, Dry, And Red, or RDAR). Three types of clusters emerged, viz. bovine-associated, clusters devoid of cattle isolates and representing isolates endemic to the pasture environment, and clusters with both. All isolates clustered with strains of E. coli sensu stricto, distinct from the cryptic species Clades I, III, IV, and V. Pasture soil endemic and bovine fecal populations had very different phylogroup distributions, indicating niche partitioning. The soil endemic population was largely comprised of phylogroup B1 and had a higher average RDAR score than other isolates. These results indicate the existence of environmental E. coli strains that are phylogenetically distinct from bovine fecal isolates, and that have the ability to maintain populations in the soil environment.

Published
2017

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