Due to the appearance of antibiotic resistance and the toxicity associated with currently used
antibiotics, peptide antibiotics are the need of the hour. Thus, demand for new antimicrobial …

Biofilms are sessile communities of bacteria typically embedded in an extracellular
polymeric matrix. Bacterial cells embedded in biofilms are inherently recalcitrant to …

Emerging evidence shows the trend of using safe and natural preservatives like bacteriocins
in food processing. The increasing demand by the food industry to extend keeping quality …

Highlights•Multiple bacteriocin production by a single strain is a desirable trait.•Planktonic
and sessile cells respond differently to bacteriocins.•Bioengineering is being used to design …

The aim of the present study was to investigate the inhibitory mechanisms of quercetin
against L. monocytogenes biofilm formation, by affecting secretion of polymeric substances …

Listeria monocytogenes is a facultatively intracellular pathogenic bacterium that can provoke
invasive listeriosis, a severe foodborne infection in humans. Outside the host, this is capable …

Salmonella biofilms are responsible for contamination in food processing environments as
well as serious foodborne diseases. In this study, bacteriocins purified from Pediococcus …

Cryptococcus neoformans, a pathogenic yeast, causes meningoencephalitis, especially in
immunocompromised patients, leading in some cases to death. Microbes in biofilms can …

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen able to survive in a wide range of
conditions, including low temperatures, being highly persistent in the food-processing …

Listeria monocytogenes is one of the major food-related pathogens and is able to survive
and multiply under different stress conditions. Its persistence in industrial premises and …