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Anti‐Biofilms: Novel Anti‐Adhesive Biomaterial Patches: Preventing Biofilm with Metal Complex Films (MCF) Derived from a Microalgal Polysaccharide (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 9/2016)
Author(s) -
Golberg Karina,
Emuoa,
Vinod T. P.,
van Moppes Dorit,
Marks Robert S.,
Arad Shoshana Malis,
Kushmaro Ariel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201670041
Subject(s) - biofilm , polysaccharide , materials science , adhesion , biomaterial , adhesive , biofouling , microbiology and biotechnology , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , biophysics , membrane , bacteria , biochemistry , chemistry , biology , composite material , layer (electronics) , genetics , engineering
Karina Golberg and co‐workers investigate different materials with putative biofilm disrupting characteristics using patches made up of algal‐secreted polysaccharide in article 1500486. Copper‐polysaccharide complexes are found to have strong anti‐biofilm activity, while exhibiting protruding needle‐like structures. These nano‐structures are hypothesized to prevent bacterial attachment either physically or via bacterial membrane damage, thus forecasting a broad‐spectrum anti‐biofilm application in both medical and industrial settings (graphics by Omer Levy).