An insight on the powerful of bacterial quorum sensing inhibition

NG Naga, MI Shaaban, MM El-Metwally - European Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Springer
Bacteria have their own language through which they communicate with one another like all
higher organisms. So, many researchers are working hard to identify and comprehend the …

[HTML][HTML] Biofilm Production and Its Implications in Pediatrics

N Principi, S Esposito - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Biofilms, aggregates of bacteria enclosed in a self-produced matrix, have been implicated in
various pediatric respiratory infections, including acute otitis media (AOM), otitis media with …

Carbon-Dots-Mediated Improvement of Antimicrobial Activity of Natural Products

B Khan, J Zhang, S Durrani, H Wang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of new microbicidal compounds has become a top priority due to the
emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogenic microbes. In this study, blue-emitting …

Antibiotic-Polyphosphate Nanocomplexes: A Promising System for Effective Biofilm Eradication

D To, M Blanco Massani… - International Journal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The eradication of bacterial biofilms poses an enormous challenge owing to the
inherently low antibiotic susceptibility of the resident microbiota. The complexation of …

Subinhibitory concentrations of glabridin from Glycyrrhiza glabra L. reduce Listeria monocytogenes motility and hemolytic activity but do not exhibit antimicrobial …

C Liao, C Yu, J Guo, M Guan - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Increases in the virulence and survival of some pathogens in the presence of subinhibitory
concentrations of antibiotics have been reported. However, research on the effects of …

Enhancing antimicrobial efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm through carbon dot-mediated photodynamic inactivation

S Shiralizadeh, A Farmany, L Shokoohizadeh… - AMB Express, 2024 - Springer
Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms shield the bacteria from antibiotics and the body's
defenses, often leading to chronic infections that are challenging to treat. This study aimed to …

Coordinative Compounds Based on Unsaturated Carboxylate with Versatile Biological Applications

G Vasile Scaeteanu, M Badea, R Olar - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
This review presents an overview of the biological applications of coordinative compounds
based on unsaturated carboxylates accompanied by other ligands, usually N-based …

The enhanced antibacterial and antibiofilm properties of titanium dioxide nanoparticles biosynthesized by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

SH Haji, AR Ganjo, TA Faraj, MH Fatah, SB Smail - BMC microbiology, 2024 - Springer
The emergence of Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria are becoming a major worldwide
health concern, encouraging the development effective alternatives to conventional …

Nature-Inspired Micro/Nano-Structured Antibacterial Surfaces

E Jin, Z Lv, Y Zhu, H Zhang, H Li - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
The problem of bacterial resistance has become more and more common with
improvements in health care. Worryingly, the misuse of antibiotics leads to an increase in …

Eradication of planktonic bacteria by shape-tailored gold nanoparticle photothermia

Z Peng, L Royon, Y Luo, P Decorse… - Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacterial antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a global challenge, exacerbated by the
formation of biofilms. To address this issue, the bactericidal effect of gold nanoparticle …