BYU ScholarsArchive

Title

Investigation of the utility of various detergents to disrupt Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

Authors

Jocelyn Wells, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Aleksi Solorio, Brigham Young University - Provo
Lucy C. Bowden, Brigham Young University - Provo
Bradford K. Berges Ph.D., Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow

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Keywords

biofilm, MRSA, quantify, detergent

Abstract

3rd place poster design

Staphylococcus aureus is a dangerous human pathogen that causes about 20,000 deaths per year in the US1

S. aureus forms biofilms (surfaceassociated complexes of bacteria) and bacterial clusters, both of which complicate treatment and experimentation

We hypothesized that we could use a chemical surfactant in combination with mechanical agitation to break up biofilms and bacterial clusters

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Wells, Jocelyn; Solorio, Aleksi; Bowden, Lucy C.; and Berges, Bradford K. Ph.D., "Investigation of the utility of various detergents to disrupt Staphylococcus aureus biofilms" (2023). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2023. 32.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2023/32

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2023-02-28

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

Department

Neuroscience

University Standing at Time of Publication

Senior

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