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The insect antimicrobial peptide cecropin A disrupts uropathogenic Escherichia coli biofilms

Current antibiotics cannot eradicate uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) biofilms, leading to recurrent urinary tract infections. Here, we show that the insect antimicrobial peptide cecropin A (CecA) can destroy planktonic and sessile biofilm-forming UPEC cells, either alone or when combined with...

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Autores principales: Kalsy, Miriam, Tonk, Miray, Hardt, Martin, Dobrindt, Ulrich, Zdybicka-Barabas, Agnieszka, Cytrynska, Malgorzata, Vilcinskas, Andreas, Mukherjee, Krishnendu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7016129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32051417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41522-020-0116-3