Antibiofilm activity of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 5 capsular polysaccharide.

Cell-free extracts isolated from colony biofilms of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 5 were found to inhibit biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, but not by A. pleuropneumoniae serotype 5 itself, in a 96-well microtiter plate a...

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Main Authors: Michael T Karwacki, Daniel E Kadouri, Meriem Bendaoud, Era A Izano, Vandana Sampathkumar, Thomas J Inzana, Jeffrey B Kaplan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3653790?pdf=render