Amravati: Dr.
Neeraj Ghanwate and Dr.
Prashant Tharakarare, each Duo scientist from the Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology Department, University of Sant Gadge Baba Amravati has been awarded Indian patents for their discovery.
The method for rapid detection of the minimum biofilm (MBEC) concentration of antibiotics on bacterial pathogens gives them Indian patents.
Dr.
Thakary told TII that the present invention was related to the colorimetric method to detect MBEC from antibiotics chosen against bacterial pathogens.
“This method provides quick results in 48 hours due to 66 to 120 hours taken by other methods,” he said, adding it to give accurate 98% results.
Biofilms are architectural colonies of microorganisms, in the matrix of extracellular polymers they produce.
Biofilms contain obedient microbial cells on each other and to the static surface (live or not live).
Bacteria biofilms are usually pathogenous and can cause infections obtained by the hospital.
According to experts, among all microbial and chronic infections, 65% and 80%, are associated with biofilm formations.
The biofilm formation consists of many steps starting with attachments on a living or non-life surface which will cause the formation of micro colonies, causing three-dimensional structures and ending, after maturation, with detachment.
Understanding of bacterial biofilms is important for managing and / or eradicating biofilm related diseases.
For this, the exact dose of antibiotics is needed to be given to the patient and the discovery of Amravati scientists will help in this matter.
While Dr.
Ghanwate was assistant professor at the Microbiology Department, Dr.
Thakary was the Associate Professor in the Biotechnology Department.
Both of them work in the Molecular Covid-19 diagnostic lab at the University and have been tested until now more than 4 samples of lakh.
Both are working on various research projects funded by the commission of Science and Technology Rajiv Gandhi, Mumbai, and other funding institutions.
Their research papers were published in famous journals from the Nature Publishing Group.