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Abstract
We studied the effect of the total lipopeptide fraction from Bacillus subtilis GM5 on biofilm formation by the opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus epidermidis and on the expression of genes involved in biofilm formation. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the total lipopeptide fraction of B. subtilis GM5 inhibits biofilm formation by S. epidermidis ATCC 14990, reduces bacterial adhesion to glass, and causes bacterial deformation. Gene expression analysis using RT-qPCR demonstrated that cell treatment with the total lipopeptide fraction suppressed the expression of genes involved in biofilm formation by 2.8 (sarA) and 3 times (icaA), which correlated with the inhibition of biofilm formation.
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Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine presents original peer reviewed research papers and brief reports on priority new research results in physiology, biochemistry, biophysics, pharmacology, immunology, microbiology, genetics, oncology, etc. Novel trends in science are covered in new sections of the journal - Biogerontology and Human Ecology - that first appeared in 2005.
World scientific interest in stem cells prompted inclusion into Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine a quarterly scientific journal Cell Technologies in Biology and Medicine (a new Russian Academy of Medical Sciences publication since 2005). It publishes only original papers from the leading research institutions on molecular biology of stem and progenitor cells, stem cell as the basis of gene therapy, molecular language of cell-to-cell communication, cytokines, chemokines, growth and other factors, pilot projects on clinical use of stem and progenitor cells.
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