Ma Lan, Liu Yingyu, Zheng Xiaofeng, Zheng Baili, Cheng Yaling, Cai Yuxuan, Li Yongchao, Zhang Wei
College of Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China.
Xinjiang Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Development for Herbivores, Ürümqi, China.
Front Microbiol. 2025 May 21;16:1554182. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1554182. eCollection 2025.
Methicillin-resistant (MRSA) is a common antibiotic-resistant pathogen. MRSA and its biofilm pose a great threat to the food industry. In this study, we characterized the biological properties and antibacterial efficacy of phages through the double-layer plate method, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), whole-genome sequencing (WGS), bioinformatic analyses, fluorescence microscopy, and biofilm eradication assays. The results demonstrated that phage SPB is a virulent member of the genus (subfamily ), exhibited a broad host range spanning species. It effectively lysed 97.3% (36/37) of clinical MRSA isolates and 100.0% (10/10) of coagulase-negative strains tested. The optimal multiplicity of infection (MOI) was determined to be 1, with a latent period of 10 min. Environmental stability assays revealed that phage SPB maintained infectivity across temperatures ranging from 4°C to 50°C and pH values between 4 and 11. Genomic analysis showed that phage SPB possesses a 143,170 bp genome with a G+C content of 30.2%, encoding 218 putative coding sequences (CDSs), 3 tRNAs, and no virulence factors were identified through in software screening. Phage SPB exhibited potent inhibition of planktonic bacterial growth. Furthermore, at varying multiplicities of infection (MOIs), it significantly suppressed biofilm formation and eradicated pre-existing biofilms, with statistical significance ( < 0.001). These results suggest that phage SPB can be used as a potential antimicrobial agent to prevent and remove MRSA and its biofilm from food processing.
耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌(MRSA)是一种常见的耐抗生素病原体。MRSA及其生物膜对食品工业构成了巨大威胁。在本研究中,我们通过双层平板法、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、全基因组测序(WGS)、生物信息学分析、荧光显微镜和生物膜根除试验,对噬菌体的生物学特性和抗菌效果进行了表征。结果表明,噬菌体SPB是(亚科)属的一种烈性噬菌体,具有广泛的宿主范围,涵盖 个物种。它有效地裂解了97.3%(36/37)的临床MRSA分离株和100.0%(10/10)的测试凝固酶阴性 菌株。确定最佳感染复数(MOI)为1,潜伏期为10分钟。环境稳定性试验表明,噬菌体SPB在4°C至50°C的温度范围和pH值4至11之间保持感染性。基因组分析表明噬菌体SPB拥有一个143,170 bp的基因组,G+C含量为30.2%,编码218个推定的编码序列(CDS),3个tRNA,并且通过软件筛选未鉴定出毒力因子。噬菌体SPB对浮游细菌生长表现出强大的抑制作用。此外,在不同的感染复数(MOI)下,它显著抑制生物膜形成并根除预先存在的生物膜,具有统计学意义(<0.001)。这些结果表明噬菌体SPB可作为一种潜在的抗菌剂,用于预防和去除食品加工中的MRSA及其生物膜。