Mechanistic action of weak acid drugs on biofilms

Abstract Selective permeability of a biofilm matrix to some drugs has resulted in the development of drug tolerant bacteria. Here we studied the efficacy of a weak organic acid drug, N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), on the eradication of biofilms formed by the mucoid strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and i...

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Main Authors: Binu Kundukad, Megan Schussman, Kaiyuan Yang, Thomas Seviour, Liang Yang, Scott A. Rice, Staffan Kjelleberg, Patrick S. Doyle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05178-3