	US 11,707,065 B2
	Method for biofilm dispersal
Bei Yin, Phoenixville, PA (US); Thomas Wood, Port Matilda, PA (US); and Venkata Giridhar Poosarla, Andhra Pradesh (IN)
Appl. No. 16/632,408
Filed by MC (US) 3 LLC, Wilmington, DE (US); and THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, University Park, PA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 15, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/037690 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 20, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/018087, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/533,907, filed on Jul. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0138024 A1, May 7, 2020
Int. Cl. A01N 43/16 (2006.01); C02F 1/50 (2023.01)

CPC A01N 43/16 (2013.01) [C02F 1/50 (2013.01)]

5 Claims

1. A method to disperse existing biofilm comprising:

i. providing a biofilm wherein the biofilm comprises sulfate-reducing prokaryotes; and

ii. contacting the biofilm with a compound selected from the group consisting of mannose, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG), methyl α-D-mannopyranoside (αMM), methyl α-D-glucopyranoside (αMG), and mixtures thereof to disperse the biofilm.