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Diffusive Release of Photosensitizing Agents (PS) from Novel PVA-Borate Semi-Solid Drug Carriers Through In Vitro Oral Streptococcus mutans Biofilm (2016)
Journal Article
Diaz De Rienzo, M., Williams, G., Banat, I., Callan, J., Faheem, A., Martin, P., & McCarron, P. (2016). Diffusive Release of Photosensitizing Agents (PS) from Novel PVA-Borate Semi-Solid Drug Carriers Through In Vitro Oral Streptococcus mutans Biofilm. #Journal not on list, 5(4),

Background: Streptococcus mutans, one of the agent of human dental caries, is particularly effective at forming biofilms on the hard tissues of the human oral cavity; the purpose of this study was to investigate and quantify the diffusional release o... Read More about Diffusive Release of Photosensitizing Agents (PS) from Novel PVA-Borate Semi-Solid Drug Carriers Through In Vitro Oral Streptococcus mutans Biofilm.

Comparative study of the production of rhamnolipid biosurfactants by B. thailandensis E264 and P. aeruginosa ATCC 9027 using foam fractionation (2016)
Journal Article
de Rienzo, M., Kalalanathan, I., & Martin, P. (2016). Comparative study of the production of rhamnolipid biosurfactants by B. thailandensis E264 and P. aeruginosa ATCC 9027 using foam fractionation. Process Biochemistry, 51(7), 820-827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2016.04.007

Biosurfactants are surface-active agents that are produced by a variety of microorganisms including yeasts, filamentous fungi and bacteria. In this work, we report on the ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027 and Burkholderia thailandensis E264... Read More about Comparative study of the production of rhamnolipid biosurfactants by B. thailandensis E264 and P. aeruginosa ATCC 9027 using foam fractionation.

Effect of Mono and Di-rhamnolipids on Biofilms Pre-formed by Bacillus subtilis BBK006. (2016)
Journal Article
Rienzo MA, D., & PJ, M. (2016). Effect of Mono and Di-rhamnolipids on Biofilms Pre-formed by Bacillus subtilis BBK006. Current Microbiology, 73, 183-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-016-1046-4

Different microbial inhibition strategies based on the planktonic bacterial physiology have been known to have limited efficacy on the growth of biofilms communities. This problem can be exacerbated by the emergence of increasingly resistant clinical... Read More about Effect of Mono and Di-rhamnolipids on Biofilms Pre-formed by Bacillus subtilis BBK006..

Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm disruption using microbial surfactants (2016)
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De Rienzo MA, D., PS, S., R, M., & IM, B. (2016). Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm disruption using microbial surfactants. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 120(4), 868-876. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.13049

Aims To establish the ability of the rhamnolipids biosurfactants from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in the presence and absence of caprylic acid and ascorbic acid, to disrupt bacterial biofilms, compared with the anionic alkyl sulphate surfactant Sodium d... Read More about Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm disruption using microbial surfactants.

Effect of biosurfactants on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus biofilms in a BioFlux channel (2016)
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De Rienzo, M., PS, S., R, M., & IM, B. (2016). Effect of biosurfactants on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus biofilms in a BioFlux channel. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 100, 5773-5779. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-016-7310-5

Recent studies have indicated that biosurfactants play a role both in maintaining channels between multicellular structures in biofilms and in dispersal of cells from biofilms. A combination of caprylic acid (0.01 % v/v) together with rhamnolipids (0... Read More about Effect of biosurfactants on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus biofilms in a BioFlux channel.

Antibacterial properties of biosurfactants against selected Gram-positive and -negative bacteria (2016)
Journal Article
De Rienzo MA, D., P, S., R, M., & IM, B. (2016). Antibacterial properties of biosurfactants against selected Gram-positive and -negative bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 363(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnv224

The antibacterial properties and ability to disrupt biofilms of biosurfactants (rhamnolipids, sophorolipids) and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) in the presence and absence of selected organic acids were investigated. Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was in... Read More about Antibacterial properties of biosurfactants against selected Gram-positive and -negative bacteria.