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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2006, p. 6364-6366, Vol. 72, No. 9
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00442-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Removal and Inactivation of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms by Electrolysis

Christine Rabinovitch and Philip S. Stewart*

Center for Biofilm Engineering and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University—Bozeman, Bozeman, Montana 59717-3980

Received 23 February 2006/ Accepted 20 June 2006

Bacterial biofilms were exposed to electrolysis by making the steel substratum an electrode in a circuit including a 6-V battery. These treatments resulted in killing (2.1-log reduction) and removal (4.0-log reduction) of viable cells at the anode and cathode, respectively, within a few minutes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Center for Biofilm Engineering and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University—Bozeman, Bozeman, MT 59717-3980. Phone: (406) 994-1960. Fax: (406) 994-6098. E-mail: phil_s{at}erc.montana.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2006, p. 6364-6366, Vol. 72, No. 9
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00442-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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