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SUBMITTER: Kim HS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4855137 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Han-Shin HS Cha Eunji E Kim YunHye Y Jeon Young Ho YH Olson Betty H BH Byun Youngjoo Y Park Hee-Deung HD
Scientific reports 20160504
Biofilm formation on biotic or abiotic surfaces has unwanted consequences in medical, clinical, and industrial settings. Treatments with antibiotics or biocides are often ineffective in eradicating biofilms. Promising alternatives to conventional agents are biofilm-inhibiting compounds regulating biofilm development without toxicity to growth. Here, we screened a biofilm inhibitor, raffinose, derived from ginger. Raffinose, a galactotrisaccharide, showed efficient biofilm inhibition of Pseudomon ...[more]