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Peptide-functionalized POMs as biofilm disruption agents: searching for synergy in bactericidal materials

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.

Coordinator

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Net EU contribution
€ 172 932,48
Address
Calle Serrano 117
28006 Madrid
Spain

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Region
Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00