Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation and Its Control

A Vetrivel, M Ramasamy, P Vetrivel, S Natchimuthu… - Biologics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microbes are hardly seen as planktonic species and are most commonly found as biofilm
communities in cases of chronic infections. Biofilms are regarded as a biological condition …

Alternatives therapeutic approaches to conventional antibiotics: Advantages, limitations and potential application in medicine

H Alaoui Mdarhri, R Benmessaoud, H Yacoubi, L Seffar… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Resistance to antimicrobials and particularly multidrug resistance is one of the greatest
challenges in the health system nowadays. The continual increase in the rates of …

Challenges and limitations of anti-quorum sensing therapies

P Krzyżek - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Quorum sensing (QS) is a mechanism allowing microorganisms to sense population density
and synchronously control genes expression. It has been shown that QS supervises the …

Extracellular polymeric substance production and aggregated bacteria colonization influence the competition of microbes in biofilms

PG Jayathilake, S Jana, S Rushton, D Swailes… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The production of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) is important for the survival of
biofilms. However, EPS production is costly for bacteria and the bacterial strains that …

Mechanisms of Inhibition of Quorum Sensing as an Alternative for the Control of E. coli and Salmonella

E Escobar-Muciño, MMP Arenas-Hernández… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Quorum sensing (QS) is a process of cell–cell communication for bacteria such as E. coli
and Salmonella that cause foodborne diseases, with the production, release, and detection …

Functional diversity of quorum sensing receptors in pathogenic bacteria: Interspecies, intraspecies and interkingdom level

F Khan, A Javaid, YM Kim - Current drug targets, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
The formation of biofilm by pathogenic bacteria is considered as one of the most powerful
mechanisms/modes of resistance against the action of several antibiotics. Biofilm is formed …

[HTML][HTML] ESKAPE pathogens and associated quorum sensing systems–New targets for novel antimicrobials development

AE Christiana, C Theolyn, WN S'thebe, D Yamkela… - Health Sciences …, 2024 - Elsevier
Globally, antimicrobial (AMR) or multi-drug resistance (MDR) constitutes a current health
challenge that is predicted to cause increased infections rates with adverse socioeconomic …

Molecular communications pulse-based jamming model for bacterial biofilm suppression

DP Martins, K Leetanasaksakul… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Studies have recently shown that the bacteria survivability within biofilms is responsible for
the emergence of superbugs. The combat of bacterial infections, without enhancing its …

Natural products with quorum quenching-independent antivirulence properties

N Muñoz-Cazares, R García-Contreras… - Studies in Natural …, 2018 - Elsevier
Resistance to antibiotics is becoming a major global threat to the effective combat of
infections caused by bacteria. Bacterial strains resistant to multiple antibiotics is becoming …

Targeting quorum sensing and biofilm formation in the control of Vibrio harveyi infections in Penaeus vannamei

JPMD Guzman, P Yatip, C Soowannayan… - Aquaculture …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Vibriosis, a disease caused by Vibrio spp., including V. harveyi, contributes to enormous
economic loss to the shrimp aquaculture industry. With the worsening incidences of …