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Cranberries - Beeren mit Heilwirkung
in Das Gesundheits-Weblog, on 18.10.09
...auf der Eigenschaft bestimmter Inhaltsstoffe, Bakterien an der Bildung eines Biofilms zu hindern. Kranbeerensaft verhindert so die Anhaftung von Bakterien an das Epithel der Harnwege. Die Erreger find...
Antimicrobial Biopolymer for Food Preservation
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 29, 2007
...able polymer with food-sourced antimicrobial agents, designed to prevent the formation of bacterial biofilms on food surfaces and packaging. The natural antimicrobial agents were developed from source...
Boosting Microbial Fuel Cells with Biofilm
in IfEnergy, on October 30, 2006
...s came from a discovery of microbiologist Derek Lovley of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Biofilms are gluey matrix of sugars that serve as anchors to many free-floating microbes. Biofilms a...
Chitosan As Antimicrobial in Medical Devices
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 18, 2006
...e laboratory, it has been shown that a coating of chitosan prevents bacteria and yeast from forming biofilms on surfaces. Because of this property, chitosan may be used to coat medical devices such as...
Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Bacteria Protects Metals Against Corrosion
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 19, 2006
... to protect metals from corrosion. In a simple laboratory experiment where MR-1 was allowed to form biofilms on aluminum, zinc, mild steel, copper, and
brass , it has been shown that formation o...
Furanone-Based Antibacterial Coatings For Biomedical Devices
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 30, 2005
...of bacterial resistance. Furanones act not by killing bacteria, but by preventing them from forming biofilms. UniSA PhD student Sameer Al-Bataineh developed methods for attaching the furanones to mode...