In the past, conventional drug discovery strategies have been successfully employed to
develop new drugs, but the process from lead identification to clinical trials takes more than …

Biofilm is a natural form of bacterial growth ubiquitously in environmental niches. The biofilm
formation results in increased resistance to negative environmental influences including …

Decreased antimicrobial efficiency has become a global public health issue. The paucity of
new antibacterial drugs is evident, and the arsenal against infectious diseases needs to be …

P. aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogenic bacterium responsible for both acute and
chronic infections. Beyond its natural resistance to many drugs, its ability to form biofilm, a …

Biofilms contain group (s) of microorganisms that are found to be associated with the biotic
and abiotic surfaces. Biofilms contain either homogenous or heterogeneous populations of …

Biofilms are matrix‐enclosed microbial aggregates that adhere to a biological or
nonbiological surface. Biofilm formation is a significant problem in the medical, food, and …

The majority of current infectious diseases are almost untreatable by conventional antibiotic
therapy given the advent of multidrug-resistant bacteria. The degree of severity and the …

Interference with quorum sensing (QS) represents an antivirulence strategy with significant
promise for the treatment of bacterial infections and a new approach for restoring antibiotic …

Membrane biofouling is widely acknowledged as the most frequent adverse event in
wastewater treatment systems resulting in significant loss of treatment efficiency and …

Considering the role of biofilm in food spoilage and the food industry, inhibition of biofilm
formation by natural agents is expected to be safe and could also enhance the efficacy of …