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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2019
Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerp, BE;
Camille Allonsius, Antwerp, BE;
Sarah Lebeer, Mortsel, BE;
UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN, Antwerp, BE;
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to the use of a bifunctional peptidoglycan/chitin hydrolase to reduce and/or prevent hyphae formation in a pathogen, and/or to reduce or prevent biofilm formation. The present invention further relates to a bifunctional peptidoglycan/chitin hydrolase for use in the treatment and/or prevention of pathogenic infections, in particular yeast or bacterial infections. In another aspect, the present invention provides the use of a bifunctional peptidoglycan/chitin hydrolase as a anti-pathogenic agent in non-medical applications; in particular in the personal hygiene industry, food industry, cleaning industry, pharma industry, or biocontrol and crop protection industry.