Bacillus cereus cell response upon exposure to acid environment: towards the identification of potential biomarkers

Microorganisms are able to adapt to different environments and evolve rapidly, allowing them to cope with their new environments. Such adaptive response and associated protections towards other lethal stresses, is a crucial survival strategy for a wide spectrum of microorganisms, including food spoi...

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Main Authors: Noémie eDESRIAC, Veronique eBroussolle, Florence ePostollec, Anne-Gabrielle eMathot, Daniele eSohier, Louis eCoroller, Ivan eLeguerinel
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00284/full
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author Noémie eDESRIAC
Noémie eDESRIAC
Veronique eBroussolle
Veronique eBroussolle
Florence ePostollec
Anne-Gabrielle eMathot
Daniele eSohier
Louis eCoroller
Ivan eLeguerinel
author_facet Noémie eDESRIAC
Noémie eDESRIAC
Veronique eBroussolle
Veronique eBroussolle
Florence ePostollec
Anne-Gabrielle eMathot
Daniele eSohier
Louis eCoroller
Ivan eLeguerinel
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description Microorganisms are able to adapt to different environments and evolve rapidly, allowing them to cope with their new environments. Such adaptive response and associated protections towards other lethal stresses, is a crucial survival strategy for a wide spectrum of microorganisms, including food spoilage bacteria, pathogens and organisms used in functional food applications. The growing demand for minimal processed food yields to an increasing use of combination of hurdles or mild preservation factors in the food industry. A commonly used hurdle is low pH which allows the decrease in bacterial growth rate but also the inactivation of pathogens or spoilage microorganisms. Bacillus cereus is a well-known food-borne pathogen leading to economical and safety issues in food industry. Because survival mechanisms implemented will allow bacteria to cope with environmental changes, it is important to provide understanding of B. cereus stress response. Thus this review deals with the adaptive traits of B. cereus cells facing to acid stress conditions. The acid stress response of B. cereus could be divided into four groups (i) general stress response (ii) pH homeostasis, (iii) metabolic modifications and alkali production and (iv) secondary oxidative stress response. This current knowledge may be useful to understand how B. cereus cells may cope to acid environment such as encountered in food products and thus to find some molecular biomarkers of the bacterial behaviour. These biomarkers could be furthermore used to develop new microbial behaviour prediction tools which can provide insights into underlying molecular physiological states which govern the behaviour of microorganisms and thus opening the avenue toward the detection of stress adaptive behaviour at an early stage and the control of stress-induced resistance throughout the food chain.
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spelling doaj.art-dfa9160695284a1ab270a75bf65616492022-12-22T01:34:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2013-10-01410.3389/fmicb.2013.0028463028Bacillus cereus cell response upon exposure to acid environment: towards the identification of potential biomarkersNoémie eDESRIAC0Noémie eDESRIAC1Veronique eBroussolle2Veronique eBroussolle3Florence ePostollec4Anne-Gabrielle eMathot5Daniele eSohier6Louis eCoroller7Ivan eLeguerinel8ADRIA Développement, UMT 08.3 PHYSI'OptUniversité de Brest, EA3882, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, UMT 08.3 PHYSI'Opt, IFR148 ScInBioSINRA, UMR408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d’Origine VégétaleUniversité d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, UMR408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d’Origine VégétaleADRIA Développement, UMT 08.3 PHYSI'OptUniversité de Brest, EA3882, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, UMT 08.3 PHYSI'Opt, IFR148 ScInBioSADRIA Développement, UMT 08.3 PHYSI'OptUniversité de Brest, EA3882, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, UMT 08.3 PHYSI'Opt, IFR148 ScInBioSUniversité de Brest, EA3882, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, UMT 08.3 PHYSI'Opt, IFR148 ScInBioSMicroorganisms are able to adapt to different environments and evolve rapidly, allowing them to cope with their new environments. Such adaptive response and associated protections towards other lethal stresses, is a crucial survival strategy for a wide spectrum of microorganisms, including food spoilage bacteria, pathogens and organisms used in functional food applications. The growing demand for minimal processed food yields to an increasing use of combination of hurdles or mild preservation factors in the food industry. A commonly used hurdle is low pH which allows the decrease in bacterial growth rate but also the inactivation of pathogens or spoilage microorganisms. Bacillus cereus is a well-known food-borne pathogen leading to economical and safety issues in food industry. Because survival mechanisms implemented will allow bacteria to cope with environmental changes, it is important to provide understanding of B. cereus stress response. Thus this review deals with the adaptive traits of B. cereus cells facing to acid stress conditions. The acid stress response of B. cereus could be divided into four groups (i) general stress response (ii) pH homeostasis, (iii) metabolic modifications and alkali production and (iv) secondary oxidative stress response. This current knowledge may be useful to understand how B. cereus cells may cope to acid environment such as encountered in food products and thus to find some molecular biomarkers of the bacterial behaviour. These biomarkers could be furthermore used to develop new microbial behaviour prediction tools which can provide insights into underlying molecular physiological states which govern the behaviour of microorganisms and thus opening the avenue toward the detection of stress adaptive behaviour at an early stage and the control of stress-induced resistance throughout the food chain.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00284/fullBacillus cereusoxidative stress responsepH homeostasisacid stress responsegeneral stress responsemetabolic rearrangement
spellingShingle Noémie eDESRIAC
Noémie eDESRIAC
Veronique eBroussolle
Veronique eBroussolle
Florence ePostollec
Anne-Gabrielle eMathot
Daniele eSohier
Louis eCoroller
Ivan eLeguerinel
Bacillus cereus cell response upon exposure to acid environment: towards the identification of potential biomarkers
Frontiers in Microbiology
Bacillus cereus
oxidative stress response
pH homeostasis
acid stress response
general stress response
metabolic rearrangement
title Bacillus cereus cell response upon exposure to acid environment: towards the identification of potential biomarkers
title_full Bacillus cereus cell response upon exposure to acid environment: towards the identification of potential biomarkers
title_fullStr Bacillus cereus cell response upon exposure to acid environment: towards the identification of potential biomarkers
title_full_unstemmed Bacillus cereus cell response upon exposure to acid environment: towards the identification of potential biomarkers
title_short Bacillus cereus cell response upon exposure to acid environment: towards the identification of potential biomarkers
title_sort bacillus cereus cell response upon exposure to acid environment towards the identification of potential biomarkers
topic Bacillus cereus
oxidative stress response
pH homeostasis
acid stress response
general stress response
metabolic rearrangement
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00284/full
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