Anaerobic bacteria growth in the presence of cathelicidin LL-37 and selected ceragenins delivered as magnetic nanoparticles cargo.

Bonita DurnaśEwelina PiktelMarzena WątekTomasz WollnyStanisław GóźdźJolanta Smok-KalwatKatarzyna NiemirowiczPaul B SavageRobert Bucki

Published in: BMC microbiology (2017)

These data confirmed that ceragenins display antimicrobial activity against a broad range of microorganisms including anaerobic bacteria and deserve further investigations as compounds serving to develop new treatment against anaerobic and mixed infections.

Keyphrases

microbial community
wastewater treatment
magnetic nanoparticles
sewage sludge
risk assessment
combination therapy