Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Acanthamoeba feature a unique backpacking strategy to trap and feed on Listeria monocytogenes and other motile bacteria
Authors: Doyscher, Dominik
Fieseler, Lars
Dons, Lone
Loessner, Martin J.
Schuppler, Markus
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02858.x
Published in: Environmental Microbiology
Volume(Issue): 15
Issue: 2
Page(s): 433
Pages to: 446
Issue Date: 2013
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Wiley
ISSN: 1462-2912
1462-2920
Language: English
Subjects: Acanthamoeba; Bacteria; Listeria monocytogenes; Microbial viability; Phagocytosis
Subject (DDC): 570: Biology
Abstract: Despite its prominent role as an intracellular human pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes normally features a saprophytic lifestyle, and shares many environmental habitats with predatory protozoa. Earlier studies claimed that Acanthamoeba may act as environmental reservoirs for L. monocytogenes, whereas others failed to confirm this hypothesis. Our findings support the latter and provide clear evidence that L. monocytogenes is unable to persist in Acanthamoeba castellanii and A. polyphaga. Instead, external Listeria cells are rapidly immobilized on the surface of Acanthamoeba trophozoites, forming large aggregates of densely packed bacteria that we termed backpacks. While the assembly of backpacks is dependent on bacterial motility, flagellation alone is not sufficient. Electron micrographs showed that the aggregates are held together by filaments of likely amoebal origin. Time-lapse microscopy revealed that shortly after the bacteria are collected, the amoeba can change direction of movement, phagocytose the backpack and continue to repeat the process. The phenomenon was also observed with avirulent L. monocytogenes mutants, non-pathogenic Listeria, and other motile bacteria, indicating that formation of backpacks is not specific for L. monocytogenes, and independent of bacterial pathogenicity or virulence. Hence, backpacking appears to represent a unique and highly effective strategy of Acanthamoeba to trap and feed on motile bacteria.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/12251
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Departement: Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit: Institute of Food and Beverage Innovation (ILGI)
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Doyscher, D., Fieseler, L., Dons, L., Loessner, M. J., & Schuppler, M. (2013). Acanthamoeba feature a unique backpacking strategy to trap and feed on Listeria monocytogenes and other motile bacteria. Environmental Microbiology, 15(2), 433–446. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02858.x
Doyscher, D. et al. (2013) ‘Acanthamoeba feature a unique backpacking strategy to trap and feed on Listeria monocytogenes and other motile bacteria’, Environmental Microbiology, 15(2), pp. 433–446. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02858.x.
D. Doyscher, L. Fieseler, L. Dons, M. J. Loessner, and M. Schuppler, “Acanthamoeba feature a unique backpacking strategy to trap and feed on Listeria monocytogenes and other motile bacteria,” Environmental Microbiology, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 433–446, 2013, doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02858.x.
DOYSCHER, Dominik, Lars FIESELER, Lone DONS, Martin J. LOESSNER und Markus SCHUPPLER, 2013. Acanthamoeba feature a unique backpacking strategy to trap and feed on Listeria monocytogenes and other motile bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 2013. Bd. 15, Nr. 2, S. 433–446. DOI 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02858.x
Doyscher, Dominik, Lars Fieseler, Lone Dons, Martin J. Loessner, and Markus Schuppler. 2013. “Acanthamoeba Feature a Unique Backpacking Strategy to Trap and Feed on Listeria Monocytogenes and Other Motile Bacteria.” Environmental Microbiology 15 (2): 433–46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02858.x.
Doyscher, Dominik, et al. “Acanthamoeba Feature a Unique Backpacking Strategy to Trap and Feed on Listeria Monocytogenes and Other Motile Bacteria.” Environmental Microbiology, vol. 15, no. 2, 2013, pp. 433–46, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02858.x.


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