What is it about?
The culture extract from newly discovered soil bacteria was tested for its therapeutic effects to inhibit the formation of biofilm using an animal model of chronic lung infection.
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Why is it important?
Majority of bacterial infections are biofilm-associated making them resistant to antibiotics. Therefore, discovering an antibiofilm activity from the culture extract of newly discovered soil bacteria can have a significant impact on managing chronic infections in the future.
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This article was part of my PhD thesis; I co-wrote it along with my supervisors with whom I have had long-standing collaboration and publishing it had a profound impact on my career as a researcher.
Saad Alasil, PhD, MS, MPH
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York
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This page is a summary of: Inhibition of Quorum Sensing-Controlled Virulence Factors and Biofilm Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Culture Extract from Novel Bacterial Species of Paenibacillus Using a Rat Model of Chronic Lung Infection, International Journal of Bacteriology, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
DOI: 10.1155/2015/671562.
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