Vitexin alters Staphylococcus aureus surface hydrophobicity to interfere with biofilm formation.
Manash C. Das, Antu Das, Sourabh Samaddar, Akshay Vishnu Daware, Chinmoy Ghosh, Shukdeb Acharjee, Padmani Sandhu, Junaid Jibran Jawed, Utpal C. De, Subrata Majumdar, Sujoy K. Das Gupta, Yusuf Akhter, Surajit Bhattacharjee
This paper shows vitexin reduces S. aureus surface hydrophobicity and biofilm formation by affecting membrane permeability, gene expression, and EPS production.
bioRxiv · Apr 14, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology