Biofilm formation is a major concern in various sectors and cause severe problems to public
health, medicine, and industry. Bacterial biofilm formation is a major persistent threat, as it …

Alarming data about increasing resistance to conventional antibiotics are reported, while at
the same time the development of new antibiotics is stagnating. Skin and soft tissue …

More than 40 antimicrobial peptides and proteins (AMPs) are expressed in the oral cavity.
These AMPs have been organized into 6 functional groups, 1 of which, cationic AMPs, has …

Recently, the demand for food proteins in the market has increased due to a rise in
degenerative illnesses that are associated with the excessive production of free radicals and …

Escherichia coli biofilm consists of a bacterial colony embedded in a matrix of extracellular
polymeric substances (EPS) which protects the microbes from adverse environmental …

The increasing onset of multidrug-resistant bacteria has propelled microbiology research
towards antimicrobial peptides as new possible antibiotics from natural sources …

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) represent one of the most common infections that are
frequently encountered in health care facilities. One of the main mechanisms used by …

Highlights•To date no antibiotics have been specifically developed for biofilm infections.•Anti-
biofilm peptides directly address chronic multi-resistant bacterial infections.•They …

Biofilms are considered as a severe problem in the treatment of bacterial infections; their
development causes some noticeable resistance to antibacterial agents. Biofilms are …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), naturally encoded from genes and generally contained 10–
100 amino acids, are crucial components of the innate immune system and can protect the …