263: Lavender and Catheters
TWiM explains the use of lavender oil to disrupt Listeria biofilms, and how treatment of catheters with liquid silicone reduces associated urinary tract infections.
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Links for this episode- Lavender oil prevents biofilms (Lett Appl Micro)
- Silicone-infused catheters reduce infection (eLife)
- Viable but not culturable (TWiM 179)
- Letters read on TWiM 263
- TWiM Listener survey
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv
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TWiM explains the use of lavender oil to disrupt Listeria biofilms, and how treatment of catheters with liquid silicone reduces associated urinary tract infections.
Become a patron of TWiM.
Links for this episode- Lavender oil prevents biofilms (Lett Appl Micro)
- Silicone-infused catheters reduce infection (eLife)
- Viable but not culturable (TWiM 179)
- Letters read on TWiM 263
- TWiM Listener survey
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv
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