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Biofouling
The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Research
Volume 37, 2021 - Issue 1
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Research Article

2-Aminoimidazoles as potent inhibitors of contaminating brewery biofilms

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Pages 61-77 | Received 17 Apr 2020, Accepted 04 Jan 2021, Published online: 11 Feb 2021
 

Abstract

Cleaning and disinfection protocols are not always able to remove biofilm microbes present in breweries, indicating that novel anti-biofilm strategies are needed. The preventive activities of three in-house synthesized members of the 2-aminoimidazole class of anti-biofilm molecules were studied against 17 natural brewery biofilms and benchmarked against 18 known inhibitors. Two 2-aminoimidazoles belonged to the top six inhibitors, which were retested against 12 defined brewery biofilm models. For the three best inhibitors, tannic acid (n° 1), 2-aminoimidazole imi-AAC-5 (n° 2), and baicalein (n° 3), the effect on the microbial metabolic activity was evaluated. Here, the top three inhibitors showed similar effectiveness, with baicalein possessing a slightly higher efficacy. Even though the 2-aminoimidazole was the second-best inhibitor, it showed a lower biocidal activity than tannic acid, making it less prone to resistance evolution. Overall, this study supports the potential of 2-aminoimidazoles as a preventive anti-biofilm strategy.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank G. Hooyberghs for chemical synthesis of the 2-aminoimidazoles and D. De Coster for excellent experimental assistance.

Correction Statement

This article has been republished with minor changes. These changes do not impact the academic content of the article.

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Funding

This work was supported by the KU Leuven Research Fund (C32/17/020 and C24/18/046), by the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation through Science and Technology in Flanders under grant IWT-SBO 120050 (NEMOA), by FWO-Vlaanderen under grant 3G046318 and grant FWO-SBO S007019N (Bisceps) and by VLAIO under grant HBC.2017.0816 BARATom. E.V.d.E. acknowledges the support of RUDN University Program 5–100.

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