Project description
Taking away license to congregate
Much like a group of protesters standing arm in arm for greater strength and resistance to dispersal, bacteria form so-called biofilms in which they adhere to each other via a sticky extracellular polymeric matrix that they make themselves. These films help protect them against antibiotics and contribute to increasing antimicrobial resistance. Biofilms form on a variety of substrates including plastics and metals and they are particularly dangerous in hospitals where they can form on things like catheters, sutures or implants. Their days may be numbered thanks to work by the EU-funded PePiPOM project and resulting novel materials that will prevent aggregation of bacteria and kill them as well.
Fields of science
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic health
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriology
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomolecules
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacydrug resistanceantibiotic resistance
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF
Coordinator
28006 Madrid
Spain
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