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Quorum sensing and biofilm formation

  • US 7,427,408 B2
  • Filed: 06/06/2002
  • Issued: 09/23/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of inhibiting or treating the formation of a biofilm comprising S. mutans on a surface, said method comprising contacting the surface with autoinducer-2 in an amount effective to increase Lux-S dependent signal pathway in a bacterium.

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