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Widespread antibiotic resistance is a major incentive for the investigation of novel ways to treat or prevent infections.
Much effort has been put into the discovery of peptides in nature accompanied by manipulation of natural peptides to improve
activity and decrease toxicity. The ever increasing knowledge about bacteria and the discovery of quorum sensing have presented
itself as another mechanism to disrupt the infection process. We have shown that the natural quorum sensing (QS) peptide,
competence-stimulating peptide (CSP), used by the caries causing bacteria Streptococcus mutans when used in higher than normally present concentrations can actually contribute to cell death in S. mutans. Using an analogue of this quorum sensing peptide (KBI-3221), we have shown it to be beneficial at decreasing biofilm of
various Streptococcus species. This chapter looks at a number of assay methods to test the inhibitory effects of quorum sensing peptides and their
analogues on the growth and biofilm formation of oral bacteria.
Book Title: Antimicrobial Peptides: Methods and Protocols
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 618 | Pub. Date: Jan-22-2010 | Page Range: 383-392 | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-594-1_24
Subject: Immunology
Key Words: Streptococci - quorum sensing (QS) peptides - competence stimulating peptide (CSP) - analogue - antibiofilm
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