A Review of Biofilm Formation of Staphylococcus aureus and Its Regulation Mechanism

Q Peng, X Tang, W Dong, N Sun, W Yuan - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacteria can form biofilms in natural and clinical environments on both biotic and abiotic
surfaces. The bacterial aggregates embedded in biofilms are formed by their own produced …

Targeting the holy triangle of quorum sensing, biofilm formation, and antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria

RV Sionov, D Steinberg - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic and recurrent bacterial infections are frequently associated with the formation of
biofilms on biotic or abiotic materials that are composed of mono-or multi-species cultures of …

Mechanisms, anti-quorum-sensing actions, and clinical trials of medicinal plant bioactive compounds against bacteria: a comprehensive review

A Bouyahya, I Chamkhi, A Balahbib, M Rebezov… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacterial strains have developed an ability to resist antibiotics via numerous mechanisms.
Recently, researchers conducted several studies to identify natural bioactive compounds …

Design, synthesis and evaluation of a series of zinc (II) complexes of anthracene-affixed multifunctional organic assembly as potential antibacterial and antibiofilm …

A Majumder, C Sarkar, I Das, S Sk… - … applied materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A novel class of zinc (II)-based metal complexes, ie,[Zn2 (acdp)(μ-Cl)]· 2H2O (1),[Zn2
(acdp)(μ-NO3)]· 2H2O (2), and [Zn2 (acdp)(μ-O2CCF3)]· 2H2O (3)(Cl–= chloride; NO3 …

The action of phytochemicals in biofilm control

ASC Gonçalves, MM Leitão, M Simões… - Natural Product …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2009 to 2021 Antimicrobial resistance is now rising to dangerously high levels in
all parts of the world, threatening the treatment of an ever-increasing range of infectious …

Bacteria autoaggregation: how and why bacteria stick together

EQA Nwoko, IN Okeke - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Autoaggregation, adherence between identical bacterial cells, is important for colonization,
kin and kind recognition, and survival of bacteria. It is directly mediated by specific …

Antibiofilm and antivirulence efficacy of myrtenol enhances the antibiotic susceptibility of Acinetobacter baumannii

A Selvaraj, A Valliammai, C Sivasankar, M Suba… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) is rising as a human pathogen of critical priority worldwide as
it is the leading cause of chronic opportunistic infections in healthcare settings and the …

[HTML][HTML] Staphyloxanthin inhibitory potential of thymol impairs antioxidant fitness, enhances neutrophil mediated killing and alters membrane fluidity of methicillin …

A Valliammai, A Selvaraj, P Muthuramalingam… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading pathogen responsible for mild to severe invasive
infections in humans. Especially, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is …

Delivery LL37 by chitosan nanoparticles for enhanced antibacterial and antibiofilm efficacy

S Rashki, H Safardoust-Hojaghan, H Mirzaei… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the fabrication of LL37-loaded chitosan nanoparticles (CS/LL37-NPs) was
based on an ionotropic gelation method between sodium tripolyphosphate (TPP) and …

Palmitic Acid Inhibits the Virulence Factors of Candida tropicalis: Biofilms, Cell Surface Hydrophobicity, Ergosterol Biosynthesis, and Enzymatic Activity

KG Prasath, H Tharani, MS Kumar… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Biofilm is the fortitude of Candida species infections which eventually causes candidiasis in
human. C. tropicalis is one of the predominant Candida species commonly found in systemic …