Methods and compositions for reducing bacterial tolerance of disinfectants and organic solvents
CA 2305528 A1 · Owner: Trustees Of Tufts College · Inventors: Levy, Stuart B.
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The invention relates to methods and compositions for manipulating bacterial resistance to non-antibiotic antibacterial compositions disinfectants and , organic solvents. The invention provides methods for rendering bacterial cells susceptible to non-antibiotic antibacterial compositions. Also provided are methods to reduce the selection of bacterial mutants having a multiple antibiotic resistance phenotype by non-antibiotic antibacterial compositions. The invention also provides methods for testing the ability of non-antibiotic antibacterial compositions to select for or induce a multiple antibiotic resistance phenotype in bacteria. Also provided are methods for increasing or …
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- Filed March 20, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 20, 2018.
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