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Epigallocatechin gallate inhibits biofilm formation by ocular staphylococcal isolates.

Blanco AR, Sudano-Roccaro A, Spoto GC, Nostro A, Rusciano D

Direzione Ricerca Sviluppo & Innovazione, SIFI SpA, Catania, Italy.

Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), the main polyphenol component of green tea, has several antibacterial properties. Here we show that sub-MICs of EGCg appear to decrease slime production, therefore inhibiting biofilm formation by ocular staphylococcal isolates previously characterized for the presence of ica genes by the Congo red agar plate assay and for adhesion to microtiter plates.

Published 28 September 2005 in Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(10): 4339-43.
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