Methods and materials for reducing biofilms
AssigneeMayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
InventorsKristi L. Frank, Robin Patel
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Abstract
This document provides methods and materials related to reducing biofilms. For example, enzymes (e.g., glycosyl hydrolases), nucleic acid molecules encoding enzymes, host cells containing nucleic acid encoding enzymes, and methods for using enzymes to reduce biofilms and infections associated with biofilms are provided.
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A method for reducing biofilm present on a surface, wherein said method comprises contacting said surface with a polypeptide under conditions wherein the presence of said biofilm on said surface is reduced, wherein said polypeptide comprises glycosyl hydrolase activity and an amino acid sequence having a length of at least 300 amino acid residues and at least about 95 percent identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2 over said length.
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