Use of bacteriophages to control biofilms

  • Sillankorva, Sanna
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Publication date
February 2009

Abstract

Tese de doutoramento em Engenharia Química e BiológicaAfter several years of abandonment, the use of bacteriophages (phages) for killing bacteria has withdrawn recent attention and reappraisal. This has led to a vast phage research, in varied fields, with impressive outcomes and currently several studies are ongoing with animals, horticulture and agriculture products, and even with humans. Despite this enthusiasm, there is a lack of research conserning phage utilization to reduce bacteria living on surfaces in a lifeform known as biofilms. This work explores the potential of phages in controlling bacteria present in single and dual species biofilms. Gram-negative Pseudomonas fluorescens and Gram-positive Staphylococcus lentus, wides...

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