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US 2016/0235894 A1Published application
Use of bacterial polysaccharides for biofilm inhibition
AssigneesInstitut Pasteur, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
InventorsJean-Marc Ghigo, Jaione Valle, Sandra Da Re
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Abstract
A method comprises preventing or inhibiting bacterial adhesion and/or bacterial biofilm development by treating a substrate with a composition of a soluble group II capsular polysaccharide obtained from a bacterial strain.
Claims19
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A method of inhibiting bacterial adhesion and/or bacterial biofilm development on a medical or industrial device, comprising
- coating a substrate of the device with a composition comprising a mixture of soluble group II capsular polysaccharides isolated from a cell-free supernatant of a culture of a bacterial strain comprising a group II capsule, wherein the composition inhibits bacterial adhesion and/or bacterial biofilm development on the device.
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