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Revision as of 19:11, 26 October 2012
Context and Objectives
Biofilms are responsible for billions of dollars in production losses and treatment costs in the industry every year. Indeed biofilms involve :
Assuming that the environment is over-saturated with harmful chemicals such as biocides, whose long-term health effects still have to be elucidated, there is a great need for novel solutions to reduce detrimental biofilm effects.
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).
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This tunneling activity of Bacillus subtilis swimmer cells enable to :
- Facilitate the delivery of the active substances within the biofilm
- Destroy the inacessible biofilms in pipes
- non pathogenic
- do not cause equipment deteroriation by corrosion
Bacillus strains are:
This biocide-alternative strategy provides an money-saving and environementally friendly solution for the control of unwanted biofilm
