Lucilia sericata Chymotrypsin Disrupts Protein Adhesin-Mediated Staphylococcal Biofilm Formation | Zendy

Llinos G. Harris | Zendy; Yamni Nigam | Zendy; James Sawyer | Zendy; Dietrich Mack | Zendy; David I. Pritchard | Zendy

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Lucilia sericata Chymotrypsin Disrupts Protein Adhesin-Mediated Staphylococcal Biofilm Formation

Author(s) -

Llinos G. Harris,

Yamni Nigam,

James Sawyer,

Dietrich Mack,

David I. Pritchard

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.03689-12

Subject(s) - biofilm , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus epidermidis , lucilia , biology , maggot , staphylococcus aureus , chymotrypsin , bacterial adhesin , staphylococcus , proteases , bacteria , enzyme , escherichia coli , calliphoridae , trypsin , larva , biochemistry , ecology , genetics , gene

Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms cause chronic infections due to their ability to form biofilms. The excretions/secretions of Lucilia sericata larvae (maggots) have effective activity for debridement and disruption of bacterial biofilms. In this paper, we demonstrate how chymotrypsin derived from maggot excretions/secretions disrupts protein-dependent bacterial biofilm formation mechanisms.

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