Project

The biological control of oral biofilms using Bdellovibrio

Code
3G077209
Duration
01 January 2011 → 31 December 2014
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Environmental microorganism biotechnology
Keywords
biofilms BALO oral
 
Project description

Bdellovibrio(BALO) will be used to develop a new concept of non-antibiotic based treatment of biofilm associated bacterial infections, such as parodontitis. The goals of the project are to determine the host range of the BALO's, the development of qPCR assay and the in vitro determination of the effect of BALO's on single and multi-species biofilms.