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| - | + | Every year industries spend billions of dollars to get rid of the biofilms which develop in their installations. Indeed biofims are reponsible for :<br/><br/> | |
<li>Food spoilage or poisoning in the food industry<br/> | <li>Food spoilage or poisoning in the food industry<br/> | ||
<li>Pathogens' persistence and dispersal in health industry<br/> | <li>Pathogens' persistence and dispersal in health industry<br/> | ||
<li>Corrosion and diameter reduction of pipelines<br/><br/> | <li>Corrosion and diameter reduction of pipelines<br/><br/> | ||
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| + | At the moment, industries have some solutions at their disposal to limit the biofilm development but they have generaly an environmental impact and/or an important cost.<br/><br/> | ||
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Thus, we develop a new generation of solution against biofilms in industry, which allows to reduce : <br/><br/> | Thus, we develop a new generation of solution against biofilms in industry, which allows to reduce : <br/><br/> | ||
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| - | This tunneling activity of <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> swimmer cells | + | This tunneling activity of <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> swimmer cells enables to : |
| - | <li>Facilitate the delivery of the active substances within the biofilm</li> | + | <li>Facilitate the delivery of the active substances within the biofilm.</li> |
| - | <li>Destroy the inacessible biofilms in pipes</li><br/> | + | <li>Destroy the inacessible biofilms in pipes.</li><br/> |
Moreover <i>Bacillus</i> strains are non pathogenic and do not cause equipment deteroriation by corrosion. | Moreover <i>Bacillus</i> strains are non pathogenic and do not cause equipment deteroriation by corrosion. | ||
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| - | To sum up, this biocide-alternative strategy provides a money-saving and environementally friendly solution for the control of unwanted biofilm<br/><br/> | + | To sum up, this biocide-alternative strategy provides a money-saving and an environementally friendly solution for the control of unwanted biofilm.<br/><br/> |
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 26 October 2012
Context and Objectives
Every year industries spend billions of dollars to get rid of the biofilms which develop in their installations. Indeed biofims are reponsible for :
At the moment, industries have some solutions at their disposal to limit the biofilm development but they have generaly an environmental impact and/or an important cost.
Thus, we develop a new generation of solution against biofilms in industry, which allows to reduce :
PROJECT STRATEGY
Our solution is based on engineered bacterial "torpedos" capable of infiltrating, destroying biofilms (KILL) and protecting the cleaned surfaces by either a surfactant coating (COAT option), or by establishment of a positive biofilm ( STICK option).
This tunneling activity of Bacillus subtilis swimmer cells enables to :
Moreover Bacillus strains are non pathogenic and do not cause equipment deteroriation by corrosion.
To sum up, this biocide-alternative strategy provides a money-saving and an environementally friendly solution for the control of unwanted biofilm.
