Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

MTT Thi, D Wibowo, BHA Rehm - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen causing devastating acute
and chronic infections in individuals with compromised immune systems. Its highly notorious …

Biofilm dispersion

KP Rumbaugh, K Sauer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
The formation of microbial biofilms enables single planktonic cells to assume a multicellular
mode of growth. During dispersion, the final step of the biofilm life cycle, single cells egress …

[HTML][HTML] Biofilm patterns in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

R Ruhal, R Kataria - Microbiological Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria are attributable to matrix-enclosed
aggregates known as biofilms. Biofilms are root cause of industrial biofouling and …

Infection microenvironment-related antibacterial nanotherapeutic strategies

Z Wang, X Liu, Y Duan, Y Huang - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest challenges in public
health. There is an urgent need to discover novel agents against the occurrence of multidrug …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in engineered polymeric materials for efficient photodynamic inactivation of bacterial pathogens

S Gnanasekar, G Kasi, X He, K Zhang, L Xu, ET Kang - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, infectious diseases persist as a global crisis by causing significant destruction to
public health and the economic stability of countries worldwide. Especially bacterial …

Surface charge switchable supramolecular nanocarriers for nitric oxide synergistic photodynamic eradication of biofilms

D Hu, Y Deng, F Jia, Q Jin, J Ji - Acs Nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biofilm has resulted in numerous obstinate clinical infections, posing severe threats to public
health. It is urgent to develop original antibacterial strategies for eradicating biofilms. Herein …

Gastrointestinal biofilms in health and disease

JP Motta, JL Wallace, AG Buret, C Deraison… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Microorganisms colonize various ecological niches in the human habitat, as they do in
nature. Predominant forms of multicellular communities called biofilms colonize human …

Mimicking biofilm formation and development: Recent progress in in vitro and in vivo biofilm models

I Guzmán-Soto, C McTiernan, M Gonzalez-Gomez… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Biofilm formation in living organisms is associated to tissue and implant infections, and it has
also been linked to the contribution of antibiotic resistance. Thus, understanding biofilm …

Niobium carbide MXene augmented medical implant elicits bacterial infection elimination and tissue regeneration

C Yang, Y Luo, H Lin, M Ge, J Shi, X Zhang - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Incurable bacterial infections, impenetrable microbial biofilm, and irreversible antibiotic
resistance are among the most dangerous threats for humans. With few effective strategies …

Strategies for combating bacterial biofilms: A focus on anti-biofilm agents and their mechanisms of action

R Roy, M Tiwari, G Donelli, V Tiwari - Virulence, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Biofilm refers to the complex, sessile communities of microbes found either attached to a
surface or buried firmly in an extracellular matrix as aggregates. The biofilm matrix …