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MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS
Volume 148, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104457
Keywords
Antimicrobial; Biofilm; Motility; Enterococcus faecalis; Rhodethrin and Rubrivivaxin
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- Central University of Kerala
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Enterococcus faecalis is frequently present in the hospital environment and readily forms a biofilm that protects from antibiotics and resistance against environmental stress conditions, thereby increasing nosocomial chronic infections. This study aims to assess antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of two novel terpenoid derivatives Rhodethrin (Rdn) and Rubrivivaxin (Rbn) against vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecalis strain (ATCC19443). Both terpenoids effectively prevent biofilm formation with >75% attenuation in cell biomass and significantly decrease the production of exopolysaccharides (EPSs) (p = 0.005) and besides their expansion on different surface media. The findings provide new evidence that such terpenoid derivatives could be developed as novel antibacterial drugs.
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