Evaluation of the conditions for bacterial biofilm removal from E. coli by proteases present in enzymatic detergents

Resumo

The development of effective cleaning products to remove microbial loads has been of extreme importance for the Sterilization Centers of Dental-Medical-Hospital Materials. The addition of enzymes to these products has promoted a beneficial effect, which efficiency depended on the biofilm and the enzymes evaluated. Thus, the objective of this work was to analyze the efficiency of such cleaning agents that contain enzymes of the protease class in the removal of bacterial biofilm of E. coli under different conditions of time, temperature and pH.