Rutin Inhibits Streptococcus suis Biofilm Formation by Affecting CPS Biosynthesis

• Main Authors: Shuai Wang (Author), Chang Wang (Author), Lingfei Gao (Author), Hua Cai (Author), Yonghui Zhou (Author), Yanbei Yang (Author), Changgeng Xu (Author), Wenya Ding (Author), Jianqing Chen (Author), Ishfaq Muhammad (Author), Xueying Chen (Author), Xinmiao He (Author), Di Liu (Author), Yanhua Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Streptococcus suis (S. suis) form biofilms and causes severe diseases in humans and pigs. Biofilms are communities of microbes embedded in a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances. Eradicating biofilms with the use of antibiotics or biocides is often ineffective and needs replacement with othe...