Advances and future prospects of enzyme‐based biofilm prevention approaches in the food industry

S Nahar, MFR Mizan, AJ Ha… - … Reviews in Food Science …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Food poisoning and foodborne diseases are a growing public health concern worldwide.
Approximately 30 known and many unknown pathogens are the main culprits for these …

Engineering acyl-homoserine lactone-interfering enzymes toward bacterial control

R Billot, L Plener, P Jacquet, M Elias… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
Enzymes able to degrade or modify acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) have drawn
considerable interest for their ability to interfere with the bacterial communication process …

Plant growth-promoting activity and quorum quenching-mediated biocontrol of bacterial phytopathogens by Pseudomonas segetis strain P6

M Rodríguez, M Torres, L Blanco, V Béjar… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Given the major threat of phytopathogenic bacteria to food production and ecosystem
stability worldwide, novel alternatives to conventional chemicals-based agricultural practices …

Quorum-Quenching Bacteria Isolated From Red Sea Sediments Reduce Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

ZU Rehman, TO Leiknes - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Quorum sensing (QS) is the process by which bacteria communicate with each other
through small signaling molecules such as N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs). Certain …

The role of quorum sensing molecules in bacterial–plant interactions

J Majdura, U Jankiewicz, A Gałązka, S Orzechowski - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
Quorum sensing (QS) is a system of communication of bacterial cells by means of chemical
signals called autoinducers, which modulate the behavior of entire populations of Gram …

Inhibitors of bacterial swarming behavior

S Rütschlin, T Böttcher - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteria can migrate in groups of flagella‐driven cells over semisolid surfaces. This
coordinated form of motility is called swarming behavior. Swarming is associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Quorum sensing intervened bacterial signaling: pursuit of its cognizance and repression

K Vadakkan, AA Choudhury, R Gunasekaran… - Journal of Genetic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bacteria communicate within a system by means of a density dependent mechanism known
as quorum sensing which regulate the metabolic and behavioral activities of a bacterial …

Saline environments as a source of potential quorum sensing disruptors to control bacterial infections: a review

M Torres, Y Dessaux, I Llamas - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Saline environments, such as marine and hypersaline habitats, are widely distributed
around the world. They include sea waters, saline lakes, solar salterns, or hypersaline soils …

Characterization of AiiK, an AHL lactonase, from Kurthia huakui LAM0618T and its application in quorum quenching on Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

W Dong, J Zhu, X Guo, D Kong, Q Zhang, Y Zhou… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
N-Acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) act as the key quorum sensing (QS) signal molecules in
gram-negative bacteria, which coordinates gene expression and then activates various …

A mesophilic phosphotriesterase-like lactonase shows high stability and proficiency as quorum quenching enzyme

M Marone, E Porzio, EA Lampitella, G Manco - Chemico-Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The problem of biofilm formation is a serious concern under various pathological conditions
such as extensive burns, wounds in diabetic patients, bedsores, cystic fibrosis, nosocomial …