Bacterial exo-polysaccharides in biofilms: role in antimicrobial resistance and treatments

S Singh, S Datta, KB Narayanan… - Journal of Genetic …, 2021 - Springer
Background Bacterial biofilms are aggregation or collection of different bacterial cells which
are covered by self-produced extracellular matrix and are attached to a substratum …

Bacterial quorum sensing: biofilm formation, survival behaviour and antibiotic resistance

R Subramani, M Jayaprakashvel - Implication of quorum sensing and …, 2019 - Springer
Biofilms are association of microorganisms that attach to each other to a surface enclosed in
a self-generated extracellular matrix. Virtually (99.9%) all microorganisms have the …

Biofilms: architecture, resistance, quorum sensing and control mechanisms

P Saxena, Y Joshi, K Rawat, R Bisht - Indian journal of microbiology, 2019 - Springer
Biofilm is a mode of living employed by many pathogenic and environmental microbes to
proliferate as multicellular aggregates on inert inanimate or biological substrates. Several …

Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial tolerance and resistance in bacterial and fungal biofilms

H Van Acker, P Van Dijck, T Coenye - Trends in microbiology, 2014 - cell.com
The formation of microbial biofilms is an important reason for failure of antimicrobial therapy.
However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the survival of biofilm cells are still not …

Biofilm and Quorum sensing mediated pathogenicity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

K Brindhadevi, F LewisOscar, E Mylonakis… - Process …, 2020 - Elsevier
The emergence of multidrug resistance has become an alarming and lifethreatening
phenomenon for humans. Various mechanisms are involved in the development of …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms and control strategies of antibiotic resistance in pathological biofilms

Y Luo, Q Yang, D Zhang, W Yan - Journal of Microbiology and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bacterial biofilm is a community of bacteria that are embedded and structured in a self-
secreted extracellular matrix. An important clinical-related characteristic of bacterial biofilms …

Biofilms as promoters of bacterial antibiotic resistance and tolerance

C Uruén, G Chopo-Escuin, J Tommassen… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multidrug resistant bacteria are a global threat for human and animal health. However, they
are only part of the problem of antibiotic failure. Another bacterial strategy that contributes to …

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 …

Antibiotic resistance in biofilm

S Dincer, FM Uslu, A Delik - Bacterial biofilms, 2020 - books.google.com
Biofilms can be found on several living and nonliving surfaces, which are formed by a group
of microorganisms, complex assembly of proteins, polysaccharides, and DNAs in an …

Antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms

N Høiby, T Bjarnsholt, M Givskov, S Molin… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
A biofilm is a structured consortium of bacteria embedded in a self-produced polymer matrix
consisting of polysaccharide, protein and DNA. Bacterial biofilms cause chronic infections …