Breaking down bacterial communication: a review of quorum quenching agents
Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023 Background Bacterial cells communicate via small extracellular molecules that facilitate gene expression which is dependent on cell density and this mechanism is known as Quorum Sensing (QS).
Tresa Boban, Sahaya Nadar, Savita Tauro
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Quorum Quenching Agents: Resources for Antivirulence Therapy [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2014 The continuing emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens is a concern to human health and highlights the urgent need for the development of alternative therapeutic strategies.
Kaihao Tang, Xiao-Hua Zhang
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Reducing the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by using multiple quorum-quenching enzymes. [PDF]
J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol, 2023 The emergence of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in healthcare settings poses a tremendous challenge to traditional antibiotic therapy. Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilizes quorum sensing (QS) to coordinate the production of virulence factors and ...
Khatun MA, Hoque MA, Koffas M, Feng Y.
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Investigating quorum-quenching marine bacilli as potential biocontrol agents for protection of shrimps against Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) has been a major problem for shrimp aquaculture in Southeast Asia due to its epizootic prevalence within the region since the first reported case in 2009.
Moritz Müller +3 more
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RdmA Is a Key Regulator in Autoinduction of DSF Quorum Quenching in Pseudomonas nitroreducens HS-18 [PDF]
mBio, 2023 Diffusible signal factor (DSF) represents a family of widely conserved quorum-sensing (QS) signals which regulate virulence factor production and pathogenicity in numerous Gram-negative bacterial pathogens.
Huishan Wang +5 more
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A review on mycogenic metallic nanoparticles and their potential role as antioxidant, antibiofilm and quorum quenching agents. [PDF]
HeliyonThe emergence of antimicrobial resistance among biofilm forming pathogens aimed to search for the efficient and novel alternative strategies. Metallic nanoparticles have drawn a considerable attention because of their significant applications in various ...
Cruz JN +9 more
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Quorum quenching by endophytic Bacillus cereus AL1: a lactonase-based anti-virulence strategy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa [PDF]
BMC MicrobiologyBackground Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are often challenging to treat due to multiple drug resistance, besides the development of biofilms and a plethora of virulence factors regulated by quorum sensing.
Alaa A. Fawzy +3 more
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Quorum quenching mediated biofilm impediment in <i>Chromobacterium violaceum</i> and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> by leaf extracts of <i>Delonix</i> <i>elata</i>. [PDF]
HeliyonBiofilms are complex communities of microorganisms that cause systemic infections, resistance development and delay in healing wounds. Biofilms can form in various parts of the human body, such as the teeth, lungs, urinary tract, and wounds.
Mahendrarajan V, Lazarus H, Easwaran N.
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Novel T4ASS effector with quorum quenching activity. [PDF]
ISME J, 2023 Venturi V, Bez C.
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Quorum quenching by a type IVA secretion system effector. [PDF]
ISME J, 2023 Liao J +11 more
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