The war on slime.

• Autores: Karin Sauer
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 317, Nº. 5, 2017, págs. 64-69
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses use of Biofilms, 3-D mats of bacteria, claiming to take as many lives as cancer every year towards saving human lives. Topics discussed include bacteria if succeed in forming biofilm resist antibiotics and are culprits in chronic infections of urinary tracts and surgical sites, development of lipid-enclosed vesicles or liposomes as an alternative cargo carriers, and bacteria resistant to antibiotics such as ampicillin and penicillin having β-lactamase enzymes.