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PMID: 16039519 Published · ppublish English Comment Journal Article

Bacterial crowd control with iron.

Chemistry & biology ·Vol. 12 ·No. 7 ·2005-07-00 ·Pages 721-3

Blackwell HE

Abstract

Bacterial biofilms account for more than 80% of human infections. Hergenrother and coworkers report in this issue that high concentrations of iron salts can block the formation of these bacterial communities; this represents an attractive new method for biofilm control.

MeSH Terms
Animals Bacteria/drug effects,growth & development Bacterial Adhesion/drug effects Bacterial Physiological Phenomena/drug effects Biofilms/drug effects,growth & development Humans Iron/pharmacology Models, Biological
Chemicals
Iron
Authors & Affiliations
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Blackwell Helen E
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1122, USA. blackwell@chem.wisc.edu
Article Info
Journal
Chemistry & biology
Abbr.
Chem Biol
ISSN
1074-5521
DOI
10.1016/j.chembiol.2005.07.001
Email
blackwell@chem.wisc.edu
Published
2005-07-00
Pages
721-3
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
9500160
Subset
IM
Corrections
CommentOn
PMID: 16039526
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2005.07.001 View journal details
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