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Escherichia Coli
Research findings from Korea University update understanding of Escherichia coli
March 31st, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, "Here, we characterized released-exopolysaccharides (r-EPS) from Lactobacillus acidophilus A4 with the goal of identifying natural compounds that represses biofilm formation. In plastic 96-well microplates that contained 1.0 mg/ml of r-EPS, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) biofilms were dramatically decreased by 87% and 94% on polystyrene and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) surfaces, respectively." "In the presence of r-EPS, neither their growth rate nor their autoinducer-2-like activity was affected on the EHEC O157:H7. Importantly, consistent reduction...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-31)
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