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biological and technological approaches to polymicrobial biofilm control offer real
prospects for developing new strategies against biofilms of relevance to healthcare
or industry alike. Nevertheless, significant hurdles remain. Finding strategies that
are both safe and efficacious is not trivial and this may explain why the road to
successful biofilm control measures has seen relatively few successes to date.
Combinations of mechanical methods with chemical agents are perhaps the most
likely candidates for successful biofilm control. However, each biofilm system is
distinct and it cannot be expected that one approach will work for all polymicrobial
biofilms. Therefore, it is important to keep developing new ideas and to maintain
the momentum for research on techniques to combat polymicrobial biofilm
communities.
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