Recent progress in bio-inspired biofilm-resistant polymeric surfaces.

Recent progress in bio-inspired biofilm-resistant polymeric surfaces. Crit Rev Microbiol. 2018 Jul 17;:1-20 Authors: Cattò C, Villa F, Cappitelli F Abstract Any surface of human interest can serve as a substrate for biofilm growth, sometimes with detrimental effects. The social and economic consequences of biofilm-mediated damage to surfaces are significant, the financial impact being estimated to be billions of dollars every year. After describing traditional biocide-based approaches for the remediation of biofilm-affected surfaces, this review deals with more recent developments in material science, focusing on non-toxic, eco-sustainable nature-inspired biomaterials with anti-biofilm properties superior to the conventional biocide-based approaches in terms of addressing the biofilm problem. PMID: 30016175 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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