Comparison of single bacteria and a bacterial reference community in a test against coated surfaces of varying copper content
Our results highlight the benefits of additional testing of microbial communities rather than pure cultures. These experiments allow for enhanced evaluation of antimicrobial surfaces since they also take complex and diverse interactions within a surface microbiota into account. Therefore, community testing might be the more holistic approach for the testing of antibacterial materials.
Authors
- Claudio Neidhöfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2064-3885)
- Alessa L. Boschert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0004-8966)
- Robert Anton
- Daniela Zander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9420-1847)
- Carolin Krämer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4963-7569)
- Oliver Schwengers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4216-2721)
- Stefan Leuko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0423-0896)
- Yen Ly-Sauerbrey
- Laura Kopruch
Institutions
- Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (DE)
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) (DE)
- French Corrosion Institute (FR)
- MVZ Labor Ravensburg (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1659828
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.81
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt