Optimizing and purifying extracellular amylase from soil bacteria to inhibit clinical biofilm-forming bacteria

Background Bacterial biofilms have become a major threat to human health. The objective of this study was to isolate amylase-producing bacteria from soil to determine the overall inhibition of certain pathogenic bacterial biofilms. Methods We used serial dilution and the streaking method to obtain a...

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Main Authors: Rokaia Elamary, Wesam M. Salem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/10288.pdf