Engineering Microbial Physiology with Synthetic Polymers: Cationic Polymers Induce Biofilm Formation in Vibrio cholerae and Downregulate the Expression of Virulence Genes.
N. Perez-Soto, L. Moule, D. N. Crisan, I. Insua, L. M. Taylor-Smith, K. Voelz, F. Fernandez-Trillo, A. Krachler
This study shows synthetic cationic polymers induce biofilm formation in V. cholerae, reducing virulence gene expression and pathogenicity.
bioRxiv · Jul 28, 2016Microbiology