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    Preliminary Investigation of Escherichia Coli K12 Biofilm Inhibition on an Antimicrobial Polysiloxane Coating using Whole Transcriptome Profiling
    (North Dakota State University, 2012) Stafslien, Shane J.
    Whole transcriptome profiling was examined in E. coli K12 when cultured on the surface of a pure polysiloxane coating (Sil) and a polysiloxane coating containing a tethered quaternary ammonium compound (QSil) shown to inhibit biofilm formation. An optimized protocol was developed for isolating high quality RNA from the surface of these coatings prepared in multi-well plates. DNA microarray data obtained from the Sil and QSil coatings revealed that 222 genes were differentially expressed between these two surfaces by a factor of at least 2-fold and with a 90% level of confidence. Several genes of the lsr operon, which encode the various components of the AI-2 based quorum sensing system, were repressed on the QSil coating surface. The QSil coatings ability to effectively interfere with the AI-2 based quorum sensing system was most likely the primary factor that contributed to the impairment of E. coli K12 biofilm formation on that surface.