{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["5(7)"],"submitter":["Hannig C"],"pubmed_abstract":["Springtails (Collembola) have a nanostructured cuticle. To evaluate and to understand anti-biofouling properties of springtail cuticles' morphology under different conditions, springtails, shed cuticles and cuticle replicates were studied after incubation with protein solutions and bacterial cultures using common <i>in vitro</i> models. In a second step, they were exposed to human oral environment <i>in situ</i> in order to explore potential application in dentistry. <i>In vitro</i>, the cuticular structures were found to resist wetting by albumin solutions for up to 3 h and colonization by <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i> was inhibited. When exposed in the oral cavity, initial pellicle formation was of high heterogeneity: parts of the surface were coated by adsorbed proteins, others rema"],"journal":["Royal Society open science"],"pagination":["171742"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6083677"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Impact of the springtail's cuticle nanotopography on bioadhesion and biofilm formation <i>in vitro</i> and in the oral cavity."],"pmcid":["PMC6083677"],"pubmed_authors":["Hannig M","Helbig R","Werner C","Hilsenbeck J","Hannig C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Impact of the springtail's cuticle nanotopography on bioadhesion and biofilm formation <i>in vitro</i> and in the oral cavity.","description":"Springtails (Collembola) have a nanostructured cuticle. To evaluate and to understand anti-biofouling properties of springtail cuticles' morphology under different conditions, springtails, shed cuticles and cuticle replicates were studied after incubation with protein solutions and bacterial cultures using common <i>in vitro</i> models. In a second step, they were exposed to human oral environment <i>in situ</i> in order to explore potential application in dentistry. <i>In vitro</i>, the cuticular structures were found to resist wetting by albumin solutions for up to 3 h and colonization by <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i> was inhibited. When exposed in the oral cavity, initial pellicle formation was of high heterogeneity: parts of the surface were coated by adsorbed proteins, others rema","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Jul","modification":"2025-04-04T09:46:14.55Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:51:34Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6083677","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30109045"],"doi":["10.1098/rsos.171742"]}}