Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Jun;78(11):4057-61. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07499-11. Epub 2012 Mar 30.
Biofilms are difficult to eliminate with standard antimicrobial treatments due to their high antibiotic resistance relative to free-living cells. Here, we show that selected antimicrobial essential oils can eradicate bacteria within biofilms with higher efficiency than certain important antibiotics, making them interesting candidates for the treatment of biofilms.
生物膜由于其相对游离细胞具有更高的抗生素耐药性,因此用标准的抗菌处理方法很难消除。在这里,我们表明,选择的抗菌精油可以比某些重要抗生素更有效地消灭生物膜内的细菌,使它们成为治疗生物膜的有趣候选药物。