Inhibitory Effect of Two Traditional Chinese Medicine Monomers, Berberine and Matrine, on the Quorum Sensing System of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli

The quorum sensing (QS) system controls bacterial biofilm formation, which is highly related to the virulence and resistance of pathogens. In the present study, the effect of two traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) monomers, berberine and matrine, on biofilm formation and QS-related gene expression o...

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Main Authors: Tong Sun, Xiao-Dong Li, Juan Hong, Can Liu, Xin-Luo Zhang, Jin-Ping Zheng, Yuan-Jun Xu, Zheng-Yang Ou, Jing-Ling Zheng, Dao-Jin Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02584/full