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The spirochaete bacterium is the aetiologic agent of Lyme disease. is transmitted to mammals through tick bite and is adapted to survive at tick and mammalian physiological temperatures. We have previously shown that can exist in different morphological forms, including the antibiotic-resistant biofilm form, and . forms aggregates in ticks as well as in humans, indicating potential of biofilm formation at both 23 and 37 °C. However, the role of various environmental factors that influence biofilm formation remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the effect of tick (23 °C), mammalian physiological (37 °C) and standard culture (33 °C) temperatures with the objective of elucidating the effect of temperature on biofilm phenotypes using two strains (B31 and 297). Our findings show increased biofilm quantity, biofilm size, exopolysaccharide content and enhanced adherence as well as reduced free spirochaetes at 37 °C for both strains, when compared to growth at 23 and 33 °C. There were no significant variations in the biofilm nano-topography and the type of extracellular polymeric substance in biofilms formed at all three temperatures. Significant variations in extracellular DNA content were observed in the biofilms of both strains cultured at the three temperatures. Our results indicate that temperature is an important regulator of biofilm development, and that the mammalian physiological temperature favours increased biofilm formation compared to tick physiological temperature and culture temperature.

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