About the Authors
- Reindert Nijland
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Current address: Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Affiliation Dove Marine Laboratory, School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, North Shields, United Kingdom
- Michael J. Hall
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Affiliation School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- J. Grant Burgess
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* E-mail: grant.burgess@ncl.ac.uk
Affiliation Dove Marine Laboratory, School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, North Shields, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Based on these findings a UK-patent application has been filed (Burgess JG, Hall MJ, Nijland R. "Compounds and methods for biofilm disruption and prevention" GB1002396.8, 12 February, 2010.) This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RN MJH JGB. Performed the experiments: RN MJH. Analyzed the data: RN MJH JGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RN MJH JGB. Wrote the paper: RN MJH JGB.