Influence of growth temperature on virulence of Legionella pneumophila.

Abstract:

:The effect of growth temperature on the virulence of a strain of broth-grown serogroup 1 Legionella pneumophila (Wadsworth F889) was examined by growing the bacterium at different temperatures and then infecting guinea pigs (by intratracheal injection) and guinea pig alveolar macrophages. The 50% lethal dose for guinea pigs infected with 25 degrees C-grown F889 was log10 5.0 CFU and that for 41 degrees C-grown F889 was log10 5.7 CFU, or a fivefold difference. Guinea pig alveolar macrophages were infected in quadruplicate with log10 3.8 CFU of F889 cells grown at either 25 or 41 degrees C. Counts of F889 in the alveolar macrophages infected with 25 degrees C-grown bacteria were 40% greater after 1 day of incubation (P = 2 X 10(-4)) than were counts in the alveolar macrophage suspensions inoculated with 41 degrees C-grown bacteria. However, the counts were not significantly different after 3 days of incubation. Examination of cover slip cultures of guinea pig alveolar macrophages infected with 25 degrees C-grown or 41 degrees C-grown bacteria showed that the bacteria grown at the lower temperature were twice as likely to be macrophage-associated after 1 h of incubation than were the bacteria grown at the higher temperature. Growth at the lower temperature was also associated with a change in reactivity with monoclonal antibodies, but not with a change in plasmid content. Thus, environmental temperature may play an important role in modulating the virulence of L. pneumophila, possibly by affecting bacterial adherence to host cells.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Edelstein PH,Beer KB,DeBoynton ED

doi

10.1128/IAI.55.11.2701-2705.1987

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1987-11-01 00:00:00

pages

2701-5

issue

11

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

journal_volume

55

pub_type

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