Antimicrobial effect of blue light using Porphyromonas gingivalis pigment

Abstract The development of antibiotics cannot keep up with the speed of resistance acquired by microorganisms. Recently, the development of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been a necessary antimicrobial strategy against antibiotic resistance. Among the wide variety of bacteria found i...

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Main Authors: Ayaka Yoshida, Haruka Sasaki, Toshizo Toyama, Mitsunori Araki, Jun Fujioka, Koichi Tsukiyama, Nobushiro Hamada, Fumihiko Yoshino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05706-1

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