Recent Progress in Terrestrial Biota-Derived Anti-Biofilm Agents for Medical Applications
Applied MicrobiologyThe terrestrial biota is a rich source of biologically active substances whose anti-biofilm potential is not studied enough. The aim of this review is to outline a variety of terrestrial sources of antimicrobial agents with the ability to inhibit ...
Todorka G. Vladkova +3 more
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An Optimized Anti-adherence and Anti-biofilm Assay: Case Study of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles versus MRSA Biofilm [PDF]
Progress in Microbes and Molecular Biology, 2020 Biofilms form protective layers over bacteria that are associated with a majority of the hospital infections contributing to antibiotic resistance development in susceptible strains.
Hefa Mangzira Kemung +7 more
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Biofilm Attenuation by Bacteriophages
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2017 Biofilms are always a major concern in the healthcare field and food industry. The resistant properties of biofilm that allow bacteria to persist are difficult to study.
Manal Mohammed Alkhulaifi
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Characteristics of Metallic Nanoparticles (Especially Silver Nanoparticles) as Anti-Biofilm Agents. [PDF]
Antibiotics (Basel)Biofilm-associated infections account for a large proportion of chronic diseases and pose a major health challenge. Metal nanoparticles offer a new way to address this problem, by impairing microbial growth and biofilm formation and by causing degradation of existing biofilms.
Li H +5 more
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Anti-Biofilm Agents to Overcome Pseudomonas aeruginosa Antibiotic Resistance. [PDF]
Pharmaceuticals (Basel)Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of world’s most threatening bacteria. In addition to the emerging prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains, the bacterium also possesses a wide variety of virulence traits that worsen the course of the infections. Particularly, its ability to form biofilms that protect colonies from antimicrobial agents is a major ...
Hanot M, Lohou E, Sonnet P.
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Strategies for combating bacterial biofilms: A focus on anti-biofilm agents and their mechanisms of action. [PDF]
Virulence, 2018 Biofilm refers to the complex, sessile communities of microbes found either attached to a surface or buried firmly in an extracellular matrix as aggregates.
Roy R, Tiwari M, Donelli G, Tiwari V.
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Macrolides decrease the minimal inhibitory concentration of anti-pseudomonal agents against
BMC Microbiology, 2012 Background Biofilm production is an important mechanism for bacterial survival and its association with antimicrobial resistance represents a challenge for the patient treatment. In this study we evaluated the in vitro action of macrolides in combination
Lutz Larissa +4 more
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Molecules, 2020 The Egyptian petroleum industries are incurring severe problems with corrosion, particularly corrosion that is induced by sulfidogenic microbial activities in harsh salinity environments despite extensively using biocides and metal corrosion inhibitors ...
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Evaluation of anti-biofilm activity of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Nisin on the expression of aap, ica-A and ica-D as biofilm-associated genes of Staphylococcus epidermidis [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2023 Background and Objectives: In the present study, the anti-biofilm activity of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Nisin was investigated on biofilm-forming abilities of Staphylococcus epidermidis strains and the expression of the biofilm-associated genes ...
Mohammad Dalvand +5 more
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Anti-Biofilm Molecules Targeting Functional Amyloids [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2021 The choice of an effective therapeutic strategy in the treatment of biofilm-related infections is a significant issue. Amyloids, which have been historically related to human diseases, are now considered to be prevailing structural components of the ...
Leticia Matilla-Cuenca +2 more
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