Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) have emerged as major pathogens in healthcare-
associated facilities, being S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus and, more recently, S …

Microbiota are found in highly organized and complex entities, known as biofilms, the
characteristics of which are fundamentally different from microbes in planktonic …

Persistence is a reversible and low-frequency phenomenon allowing a subpopulation of a
clonal bacterial population to survive antibiotic treatments. Upon removal of the antibiotic …

Bacterial persisters are able to tolerate high levels of antibiotics and give rise to new
populations. Persister tolerance is generally attributed to minimally active cellular processes …

Bacterial persisters are phenotypic variants that survive antibiotic treatment in a dormant
state and can be formed by multiple pathways. We recently proposed that the second …

Bacterial persistence refers to the capacity of small subpopulations within clonal populations
to tolerate antibiotics. Persisters are thought to originate from dormant cells in which …

Background Quorum sensing (QS) system can regulate the expression of virulence factors
and biofilm formation in Streptococcus mutans. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) …

Antibiotic persistence describes the presence of phenotypic variants within an isogenic
bacterial population that are transiently tolerant to antibiotic treatment. Perturbations of …

Mediators of the initiation, development, and recurrence of periodontitis include the oral
microbiome embedded in subgingival plaque and the host immune response to a dysbiosis …

Antibiotic tolerance and persistence are often associated with treatment failure and relapse,
yet are poorly characterized. In distinction from resistance, which is measured using the …