EFFECT OF COLON FLORA AND SHORT-CHAIN FATTY-ACIDS ON GROWTH IN-VITRO OF PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA AND ENTEROBACTERIACEAE
EFFECT OF COLON FLORA AND SHORT-CHAIN FATTY-ACIDS ON GROWTH IN-VITRO OF PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA AND ENTEROBACTERIACEAE
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.8.1.30-35.1973
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发表时间:
1973-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
LEVISON, ME
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作者:
LEVISON, ME
Heat-stable antibacterial activity in the following suspensions was demonstrated againstPseudomonas aeruginosaat pH 6.5, 6.0, and 5.5: (i) pooled colon contents of normal mice; (ii) an anaerobic, 48-h culture of normal mouse feces; and (iii) anaerobic, 48-h cultures of different bacteria from human colon flora (Escherichia coli, Bacteroides fragilis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, andProteus mirabilis). The lower the pH of the medium, the greater was the antibacterial activity of these suspensions. The antibacterial activity of five fatty acids (propionic, butyric, isobutyric, acetic, and formic acids) was greater againstP. aeruginosathan against threeEnterobacteriaceae(E. coli, K. pneumoniae, andP. mirabilis) at all fatty acid concentrations (0.16 M to 0.005 M) and at the 3 pH values studied (5.5, 6.0, and 6.5). As the pH value increased, the antibacterial activity decreased. Antibacterial activity was greater at higher fatty acid concentrations, and at each pH value it was greatest for the fatty acids having high pKavalues. Lactic acid, with the lowest pKa, exhibited little or no antibacterial activity. Acetic and butyric acids, two of the three predominant volatile fatty acids determined by gas chromatography in the mouse colon contents and in the anaerobic culture of mouse feces, occurred in vivo in concentrations which inhibited growth ofP. aeruginosain vitro at the pH of the mouse cecum. These results suggest that undissociated short-chain fatty acids produced by the colon flora may be a mechanism of intestinal resistance to colonization byP. aeruginosa.