Testing Anti-Biofilm Polymeric Surfaces: Where to Start?
Department of Food Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(15), 3794; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20153794
Received: 24 July 2019
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Accepted: 2 August 2019
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Published: 3 August 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymeric Systems as Antimicrobial or Antifouling Agents)
Present day awareness of biofilm colonization on polymeric surfaces has prompted the scientific community to develop an ever-increasing number of new materials with anti-biofilm features. However, compared to the large amount of work put into discovering potent biofilm inhibitors, only a small number of papers deal with their validation, a critical step in the translation of research into practical applications. This is due to the lack of standardized testing methods and/or of well-controlled in vivo studies that show biofilm prevention on polymeric surfaces; furthermore, there has been little correlation with the reduced incidence of material deterioration. Here an overview of the most common methods for studying biofilms and for testing the anti-biofilm properties of new surfaces is provided.
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Keywords:
anti-biofilm surfaces; polymeric surfaces; biofilm methods; biofilm analysis; biofilm devices
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Cattò, C.; Cappitelli, F. Testing Anti-Biofilm Polymeric Surfaces: Where to Start? Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 3794. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20153794
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Cattò C, Cappitelli F. Testing Anti-Biofilm Polymeric Surfaces: Where to Start? International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2019; 20(15):3794. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20153794
Chicago/Turabian StyleCattò, Cristina, and Francesca Cappitelli. 2019. "Testing Anti-Biofilm Polymeric Surfaces: Where to Start?" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, no. 15: 3794. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20153794
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