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Fig. 11

From: Isolation and identification of bacteriophage against Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 and their biofilm Inhibition studies

Fig. 11

Mechanism of phage in biofilm disturbance using depolymerase, quorum sensing inhibition and tail-specific protein binding on biofilm bacteria; phage tail protein is like a lock and key model, which specifically binds to its host organism for infection and production of prophage; Depolymerase (holin) is a specific enzyme produced by phage for initiation of host infection and insertion of genetic material inside the host cell; The size of the phage is nanoscale, it was easy to penetrate the biofilm of bacteria to kill their host present inside the biofilm.

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