2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Analysis of biofilm destruction factor and host interaction

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23790486
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Bacteriology (including Mycology)
Research Institution	Jikei University School of Medicine
Principal Investigator	TAJIMA Akiko 東京慈恵会医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (70317973)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	バイオフィルム / ブドウ球菌
Research Abstract	Analysis of biofilm destruction factor from culture supernatant of Staphylococcus aureusrevealed that there were two type factors, destruction activity for self-biofilm and for other staphylococci biofilm.