Biological method for the preventive treatment of abiotic surfaces
A non-biological, preventive technology, applied in the fields of botanical equipment and methods, chemicals for biological control, chemical instruments and methods, etc., can solve problems such as reducing effect, difficult to control, etc., to achieve the effect of avoiding contact
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[0016] The present invention consists of methods of applying biofilms to abiotic surfaces. A biofilm is a dense multicellular community of microorganisms formed on a support. Bacillus subtilis is known to form such biofilms. Cellular aerobicity promotes biofilm formation at the air / liquid interface. The use of such biofilms on metals to prevent corrosion is known in the art.
[0017] Bacillus subtilis secretes an extracellular lipopeptide surfactant, namely surfactin. This can be mediated through quorum sensing. Thus, the Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix is mainly composed of proteins.
[0018] Non-pathogenic bacteria produce polymeric matrices. This extracellular polymeric matrix ensures that the tolerance of these non-pathogenic bacteria is not affected.
[0019] In general, the formation of biofilms involves two main steps. The first step is to bring the non-pathogenic bacteria into contact with the non-living surface. This stage is mainly characterized by non-spe...
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