Surviving on Environmental Multi-Species Biofilms in Swine Farms.

is the etiologic agent of porcine contagious pleuropneumonia, an important respiratory disease for the pig industry. has traditionally been considered an obligate pig pathogen. However, its presence in the environment is starting to be known. Here, we report the surviving in biofilms in samples of drinking water of swine farms from Mexico. Fourteen farms were studied. Twenty drinking water samples were positive to distributed on three different farms. The bacteria in the drinking water samples showed the ability to form biofilms . Likewise, biofilm formation was observed on farm drinkers, where the biofilm formation was in the presence of other bacteria such as , and . Our data suggest that can inhabit aquatic environments using multi-species biofilms as a strategy to survive outside of their host.