The Unculturables: targeted isolation of bacterial species associated with canine periodontal health or disease from dental plaque

BMC Microbiology

Stephen Harris¹  Ian Morley¹  Alexander Horsfall¹  Christopher Bull¹  Ian J Davis² 

[1] The WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition, Mars Petcare, Leicestershire, UK;WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition, Mars Petcare UK, Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray LE14 4RT, UK

关键词: Unculturable;    Helper strain;    Bacterial isolation;    QPCR;    Quantitative PCR;    Uncultivable;    Periodontitis;    Periodontal disease;   

Others  :  1140644
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2180-14-196

 received in 2013-12-27, accepted in 2014-07-03,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The current inability to culture the entirety of observed bacteria is well known and with the advent of ever more powerful molecular tools, that can survey bacterial communities at previously unattainable depth, the gap in our capacity to culture and define all of these species increases exponentially. This gap has essentially become the rate limiting step in determining how the knowledge of which species are present in a sample can be applied to understand the role of these species in an ecosystem or disease process. A case in point is periodontal disease, which is the most widespread oral disease in dogs. If untreated the disease results in significant pain, eventual loss of the dentition and potentially an increased risk of systemic diseases. Previous molecular based studies have identified the bacterial species associated with periodontal disease in dogs; however without cultured strains from many of these species it has not been possible to study whether they play a role in the disease process.

Results

Using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) directed approach a range of microbiological media were screened and optimized to enrich for previously uncultivated target species. A systematic screening methodology was then employed to isolate the species of interest. In cases where the target species were not cultivable in isolation, helper strains grown underneath a nitrocellulose membrane were used to provide the necessary growth factors. This guided media optimization approach enabled the purification of 14 species, 8 of which we had previously been unable to cultivate in isolation. It is also applicable to the targeted isolation of isolates from species that have previously been cultured (for example to study intra-species variation) as demonstrated by the successful isolation of 6 targeted isolates of already cultured species.

Conclusions

To our knowledge this is the first time this combination of qPCR guided media optimization, strategic screening and helper strain support has been used successfully to isolate previously uncultured bacteria. This approach can be applied to any uncultured bacterial species where knowledge of their nutritional requirements or low relative abundance impedes their isolation.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Davis et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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