A5047076737- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Antimicrobial agents and applications
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
- Dental Research and COVID-19
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
Virginia Tech
2021-2025
Pathogenic bacteria can remain viable on fabrics for several days and therefore are a source of infection. Antimicrobial potential method reducing such infections, advances in antimicrobial be enhanced by knowledge how the fabric kills bacteria. Metal oxides have been considered used as ingredients self-sanitizing surfaces, including clinical settings. In this work, we examine addition cuprous oxide (Cu2O) particles to polypropylene fibers First, show that Cu2O reduces viability common...
Polycationic polymers are widely studied antiseptics, and their efficacy is usually quantified by the solution concentration required to kill a fraction of population cells (e.g., Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC)). Here we describe how response polycationic antimicrobial varies greatly among members even monoclonal bacteria bathed in single common concentration. We use fluorescence microscopy measure adsorption labeled cationic polymer, polydiallyldimethylammmonium chloride (PDADMAC,...
This study investigates how the recent history of bacteria affects their attachment to a solid-liquid interface. We compare from flowing suspension bacterium,Pseudomonas aeruginosaPAO1, after one two histories: (a) passage through tube packed with glass beads or (b) an empty tube. The were designed increase rate bacterial interactions surfaces prior observation in flow cell. Analysis time-lapse microscopy cells shows that residence time distribution and surface density differ for these...