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Inactivation of Gram-positive biofilms by low-temperature plasma jet at atmospheric pressure

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This work is devoted to the evaluation of the efficiency of a new low-temperature plasma jet driven in ambient air by a dc-corona discharge to inactivate adherent cells and biofilms of Gram-positive bacteria. The selected microorganisms were lactic acid bacteria, a Weissella confusa strain which has the particularity to excrete a polysaccharide polymer (dextran) when sucrose is present. Both adherent cells and biofilms were treated with the low-temperature plasma jet for different exposure times. The antimicrobial efficiency of the plasma was tested against adherent cells and 48 h-old biofilms grown with or without sucrose. Bacterial survival was estimated using both colony-forming unit counts and fluorescence-based assays for bacterial cell viability. The experiments show the ability of the low-temperature plasma jet at atmospheric pressure to inactivate the bacteria. An increased resistance of bacteria embedded within biofilms is clearly observed. The resistance is also significantly higher with biofilm in the presence of sucrose, which indicates that dextran could play a protective role.

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hal-03270388 , version 1 (24-06-2021)

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Frédéric Marchal, H Robert, Nofel Merbahi, C Fontagné-Faucher, Mohammed Yousfi, et al.. Inactivation of Gram-positive biofilms by low-temperature plasma jet at atmospheric pressure. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2012, 45 (34), pp.345202. ⟨10.1088/0022-3727/45/34/345202⟩. ⟨hal-03270388⟩
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