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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52418#.VJdtWcCAM4 Author(s) Fan Zhang 1* , Fan Wang 1 , Liang Xiao 1 , Guoping Sun 2* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China . 2 Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China . ABSTRACT As a traditional herbal medicine for the treatment of many disorders, Artemisia argyi has shown many valuable bioactivities, but little is known about its effect on Staphylococcus aureus . In this study, the growth, the biofilm formation and the pathogenicity of S. aureus cultivated with or without ethanol extract o...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52415#.VJdpecCAM4 Author(s) Bing Yan 1 , Man Guo 1 , Liping Zhao 2* Affiliation(s) 1 School of Life Sciences and Technical, Mudanjiang Normal University, Mudanjiang, China . 2 School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China . ABSTRACT Ethanol extract of Venenum Bufonis has shown many valuable bioactivities, but little is known about its effect on biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus . In this study, biofilm formation of S. aureus NCTC8325 with or without ethanol extract of Venenum Bufonis was tested using microtitre plate assay and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM) system. Resu...