Bacteriophage Control of Infectious Biofilms.

Autor: Meneses L; CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.; LPM - Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium., Sillankorva S; INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal., Azeredo J; CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. jazeredo@deb.uminho.pt.; LABBELS - Associate Laboratory, Braga, Guimarães, Portugal. jazeredo@deb.uminho.pt.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) [Methods Mol Biol] 2024; Vol. 2734, pp. 141-150.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3523-0_9
Abstrakt: Biofilm formation, a strategy of bacterial survival, is a significant concern in different areas, including health, where infectious biofilms are very difficult to combat with conventional antimicrobial therapies. Bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria, are promising agents to prevent and control biofilm-related infections. This chapter describes a series of standard procedures that can be used to study the potential of bacteriophages for biofilm control, from biofilm formation to bacteriophage treatment and evaluation of its efficacy.
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Databáze: MEDLINE