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Microbial biofilms cause several environmental and industrial issues, even affecting human health. Although they have long represented a threat due to their resistance to antibiotics, there are currently no approved antibiofilm agents for clinical ...
Guillermin Agüero-Chapin +8 more
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Strategies to prevent the occurrence of resistance against antibiotics by using advanced materials [PDF]
This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Applied microbiology and biotechnology The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-018-8776-0Drug resistance occurrence is a global ...
Bassegoda Puigdomenech, Arnau +3 more
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Microbial Biofilms and Antibiofilm Agents 2.0
It is estimated that <0 [...]
Batoni, Giovanna +2 more
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Candida albicans biofilm formation on peptide functionalized polydimethylsiloxane [PDF]
In order to prevent biofilm formation by Candida albicans, several cationic peptides were covalently bound to polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The salivary peptide histatin 5 and two synthetic variants (Dhvar 4 and Dhvar 5) were used to prepare peptide ...
Coenye, Tom +7 more
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Immobilized enzymes as potent antibiofilm agent
Abstract Biofilm has been a point of concern in hospitals and various industries. They not only cause various chronic infections but are also responsible for the degradation of various medical appliances. Since the last decade, various alternate strategies are being adopted to combat the biofilm formed on various biotic and abiotic ...
Dibyajit Lahiri +8 more
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Bacteria mediated silver nanoparticles: comparison as potent antibiofilm agents
Introduction: Biosynthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have good antimicrobial properties comparable to chemically synthesized silver nanoparticles.
M Peiris +4 more
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Exploring the anti-biofilm activity of cinnamic acid derivatives in Candida albicans [PDF]
Some compounds, characterized by phenylethenyl moiety, such as methyl cinnamate and caffeic acid phenethyl ester, are able to inhibit C. albicans biofilm formation.
Costi, Roberta +6 more
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Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity and machine learning classification analysis of essential oils from different mediterranean plants against pseudomonas aeruginosa [PDF]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitous organism and opportunistic pathogen that can cause persistent infections due to its peculiar antibiotic resistance mechanisms and to its ability to adhere and form biofilm.
Artini, Marco +10 more
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Coumarin: a novel player in microbial quorum sensing and biofilm formation inhibition [PDF]
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat worldwide, causing serious problems in the treatment of microbial infections. The discovery and development of new drugs is urgently needed to overcome this problem which has greatly undermined the clinical ...
Gutiérrez-Barranquero, José A. +3 more
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Background In unfavourable environment, such as nutrient limitation, some bacteria encased themselves into a three dimensional polymer matrix called biofilm. The majority of microbial infections in human are biofilm related, including chronic lung, wound,
Jeffrine Solihin +2 more
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