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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"BIOFILM INHIBITION"”.
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AN INTEGRATED MICROSYSTEM FOR BACTERIAL BIOFILM DETECTION AND TREATMENT
Bacterial biofilms cause severe infections in clinical fields and contamination problems in environmental facilities. Due to the unique complex structure of biofilms that comprise diverse polysaccharides and bacteria, traditional antibiotic therapies require a thousand times higher concentration …
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Controlling Microbial Colonization and Biofilm Formation Using Topographical Cues
… cell–cell interactions during the evolution of biofilms. I investigated the adhesion, colonization, and biofilm formation of the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa on a solid coated in close-packed spheres of polystyrene, using flat polystyrene sheets as a control. The results …
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Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Antibiofilm properties of Opuntia stricta and Vachellia erioloba, and chemical characterization of volatile compounds
… investigate the antioxidant, antimicrobial, antibiofilm activity, and chemical characterization of V. erioloba and O. stricta. The radical scavenging capacity of extracts was estimated using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and the reducing power was determined using ferric reducing power …
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Biochemical characteristics and antimicrobial potential of seed and nut oils against Staphylococcus aureus
… oil showed better activity with clear zones of inhibitions. A combinational study of oils with conventional antibiotics shows that MRSA 252 and ATCC 6538 exhibited different reactions such as synergy, resistant, potentiation and indifference effects when combined with the oils. Minimum …
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Alternative treatments for bovine and human mastitis
… that have either broad or narrow range inhibition spectra and as such are a viable alternative to antibiotics in some cases. This thesis presents the current strategies to treat mastitis in cows and women. Chapter 1 provides an overview of alternative microbial treatments for bovine …
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Antibacterial activity and mode of action of the antimicrobial peptide CPF-MW1 against Escherichia coli ATCC 700928
… concentration (MBC) of 5.56 μM. The anti-biofilm activity of the peptide was limited to biofilm prevention with a minimum biofilm prevention concentration of 222 μM, a concentration 40-fold higher than the MBC. Both biofilm inhibition and biofilm prevention were only observed at a …
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Anti-candida and Anti-virulence Activity of Essential Oils and Their Components
… response that inhibited mycelial growth and biofilm formation, which may be attributable to defects at the cell membrane. However, microtubule inhibition also plays a role in limiting hyphal growth. I explored the microtubule defects and how they relate to Kar3p, a member of the kinesin-14 …
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Controlling Microbial Multicellular Behaviors With Saccharide Derivatives
<p>Microbial multicellular behaviors like biofilm formation and swarming motility are known to increase their tolerance against antimicrobials. From microbial standpoint, nonmicrobicidal agents that do not impede growth are tolerable and therefore, there is a lower propensity to develop resistance …