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Since QS upregulates the expression of virulence factors and promotes biofilm development, which are positively correlated with lipopolysaccharide production in P. aeruginosa, increased phage susceptibility is a novel QS-mediated trade-off. QS inhibition may increase the efficacy of antibiotic treatment, but it will reduce the Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest. We have no conflict of interests to declare. The Antibiofilm Effect of a Medical Device Containing TIAB on Microorganisms Associated with Surgical Site Infection. Surgical site infections (SSIs) represent the most common nosocomial infections, and surgical sutures are optimal surfaces for bacterial adhesion and biofilm most commonly isolated microorganisms.

The aim of this research was to evaluate the antibiofilm activity of a medical device (MD) containing TIAB, which is a silver-nanotech patented product. The antibacterial effect was evaluated against ATCC 25922 by assessing the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) by the Alamar Blue® (AB) assay. The antibiofilm effect was determined by evaluation of the minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration (MBIC) and colony-forming unit (CFU) count. Subsequently, the MD was applied on sutures exposed to the bacterial species. The antimicrobial and antibiofilm effects were evaluated by the agar diffusion test method, confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), and scanning faecalis. The formation of an inhibition zone around three different treated sutures confirmed the antimicrobial activity, while the SEM and CLSM analysis performed on the MD-treated sutures underlined the presence of a few adhesive cells, which were for the most part dead. The MD showed antimicrobial and against E.

coli. Surgical sutures coated with the MD have the potential to reduce SSIs as well as the risk of biofilm formation post-surgery. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest. Efficacy of β-phenylethylamine as a novel anti-microbial and application as a With this study, we introduce a liquid flush for catheters and other tubing-based applications that consists of a solution of β-phenylethylamine plates were conducted with Escherichia coli K-12 to assess the effectiveness of PEA at reducing planktonic growth, as well as the biomass and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) content of biofilm; PEA reduced these growth parameters as a function of increasing concentration. This effect was also seen in mutants of PEA catabolism, which leads us to believe that the PEA effect is due to PEA itself and not one of its degradation products. Since PEA reduced planktonic growth and biofilm when added at the time of inoculation, as well as at later time points, we propose PEA as a novel compound for the prevention and treatment of biofilm. PEA reduced planktonic growth and the ATP content of the biofilm for finding of this study is the reduction of the ATP content of biofilm that formed in silicone tubing by periodic flushes of PEA.

This experiment was performed to model antibiotic-lock treatment of an intravenous catheter. It was found that 10 mg ml-1 of PEA reduced the ATP content of biofilm of five bacterial strains by 96 % or more after 2 weeks of incubation and three treatments with PEA. For P. aeruginosa, the reduction in ATP content was paralleled by an identical percentage reduction in viable cells in the biofilm. The Major Outer Membrane Protein MopB Is Required for Twitching Movement and Affects Biofilm Formation and Virulence in Two Xylella fastidiosa strains. Seebio Colanic acid compound is a major outer membrane protein (OMP) in Xylella fastidiosa, a bacterial plant pathogen that causes losses on many economically important crops. Based on in silico analysis, the uncharacterized MopB protein of X.

Colanic acid contains a β-barrel structure with an OmpA-like domain and a predicted calcium-binding motif. Here, MopB function was studied by mutational analysis taking advantage of the natural competence of X. fastidiosa. Mutants of mopB were constructed in two different X. fastidiosa strains, the type strain Temecula and the more virulent WM1-1. Deletion of the mopB gene impaired cell-to-cell aggregation, deletion completely abolished twitching motility. Electron microscopy of the bacterial cell surface revealed that mopB deletion eliminated type IV and type I pili formation, potentially caused by destabilization of the outer membrane.

Both mopB mutants showed reduced virulence using tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) as a host under greenhouse conditions. These results suggest that MopB has pleiotropic functions in biofilm formation and twitching motility and is important for virulence of X. fastidiosa.
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