Bacterial biofilms and their resistance mechanisms: a brief look at treatment with natural agents

F Nourbakhsh, MS Nasrollahzadeh, AS Tajani… - Folia Microbiologica, 2022 - Springer
Biofilm is a complex community of microorganisms residing within a polysaccharide and/or
protein matrix. Biofilm can be produced by several microorganisms, including various …

[HTML][HTML] Natural strategies as potential weapons against bacterial biofilms

ST Asma, K Imre, A Morar, M Imre, U Acaroz… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microbial biofilm is an aggregation of microbial species that are either attached to surfaces
or organized into an extracellular matrix. Microbes in the form of biofilms are highly resistant …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Evolving biofilm inhibition and eradication in clinical settings through plant-based antibiofilm agents

E Silva, JA Teixeira, MO Pereira, CMR Rocha… - Phytomedicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background After almost 100 years since evidence of biofilm mode of growth and decades
of intensive investigation about their formation, regulatory pathways and mechanisms of …

Biofilm, pathogenesis and prevention—a journey to break the wall: a review

P Gupta, S Sarkar, B Das, S Bhattacharjee… - Archives of …, 2016 - Springer
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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] New perspectives on the use of phytochemicals as an emergent strategy to control bacterial infections including biofilms

A Borges, AC Abreu, C Dias, MJ Saavedra, F Borges… - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
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 …

Bacterial resistance in biofilm-associated bacteria

N Venkatesan, G Perumal, M Doble - Future microbiology, 2015 - Future Medicine
Biofilms are structured groups of different bacterial species that are responsible for most
chronic and recurrent infections. Biofilm-related infections reoccur in approximately 65–80 …

[HTML][HTML] Biofilms: Formation, drug resistance and alternatives to conventional approaches

R Mirghani, T Saba, H Khaliq, J Mitchell, L Do… - AIMS …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Biofilms are aggregates of bacteria, in most cases, which are resistant usually to broad-
spectrum antibiotics in their typical concentrations or even in higher doses. A trend of …

Biofilm and antimicrobial resistance

D Lahiri, M Nag, A Ghosh, D Das, A Dey… - … diseases: causes and …, 2021 - Springer
An antimicrobial is an agent that destroys microorganisms or hinders their growth. They can
be grouped according to the microorganisms they act primarily against. Microbes, mainly …