Coacervate Dense Phase Displaces Surface-Established <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Biofilms.

ABSTRACT: For millions of years, barnacles and mussels have successfully adhered to wet rocks near tide-swept seashores. While the chemistry and mechanics of their underwater adhesives are being thoroughly investigated, an overlooked aspect of marine organismal adhesion is their ability to remove underlying biofilms from rocks and prepare clean surfaces before the deposition of adhesive anchors. Herein, we demonstrate that nonionic, coacervating synthetic polymers that mimic the physicochemical features of marine underwater adhesives remove ∼99% of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) biofilm biomass from underwater surfaces. The efficiency of biofilm removal appears to align with the compositional differences between various bacterial biofilms. In addition, the surface energy influe

SUBMITTER: Vishwakarma A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11440510 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature