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Common Mushroom Extracts Disarm a Dangerous Hospital Bacterium

Common Mushroom Extracts Disarm a Dangerous Hospital Bacterium

Chanterelle, Turkey tail, Shiitake, Oyster mushroom

What they found

Chanterelle, turkey tail, shiitake and oyster extracts cut Pseudomonas biofilm formation by up to 75% and helped antibiotics work.

Chanterelle, turkey tail, shiitake and oyster extracts cut Pseudomonas biofilm formation by up to 75% and helped antibiotics work.

The number

cut biofilm formation by up to 75%

How solid is it?

Lab dish

Lab dish

In vitro (lab dish)

In vitro (lab dish)

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At a glance

Latin name

Cantharellus cibarius, Trametes versicolor, Lentinula edodes, Pleurotus ostreatus

Cantharellus cibarius, Trametes versicolor, Lentinula edodes, Pleurotus ostreatus

Published in

ScienceDirect

ScienceDirect

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Section

HEALTH & WELLNESS

HEALTH & WELLNESS

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Blocking Bad Bacteria

Blocking Bad Bacteria

Extracts from chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius), turkey tail (Trametes versicolor), shiitake (Lentinula edodes), and oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) disrupted quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a dangerous hospital-acquired pathogen. The extracts shut down key genes controlling communication and virulence, cut biofilm formation by up to 75%, and even made antibiotics like gentamicin more effective, all while proving safe in a C. elegans model.

Extracts from chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius), turkey tail (Trametes versicolor), shiitake (Lentinula edodes), and oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) disrupted quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a dangerous hospital-acquired pathogen. The extracts shut down key genes controlling communication and virulence, cut biofilm formation by up to 75%, and even made antibiotics like gentamicin more effective, all while proving safe in a C. elegans model.

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