Honey is a powerful antimicrobial agent with a wide range of effects. Various components
contribute to the antibacterial efficacy of honey: the sugar content; polyphenol compounds; …

Antibiotic resistance is a major public health challenge worldwide, whose implications for
global health might be devastating if novel antibacterial strategies are not quickly …

In nature, microbes tend to form synergistic biofilms on a wide range of materials using
extracellular polymeric substances to embed sessile cells. Problematic biofilms provide …

Honey was used in traditional medicine to treat wounds until the advent of modern medicine.
The rising global antibiotic resistance has forced the development of novel therapies as …

Honey is a complex sweet food stuff with well-established antimicrobial and antioxidant
properties. It has been used for millennia in a variety of applications, but the most noteworthy …

Introduction: Phages consist of nucleic acids and proteins that may lose their activity under
different physico-chemical conditions. The production process of phage formulations may …

Salmonella is one of the most common foodborne pathogens around the world. Phages are
envisioned as a new strategy to control foodborne pathogenic bacteria and food safety. A …

Biofilms are communities of microorganisms that are formed on and attached to living or
nonliving surfaces and are surrounded by an extracellular polymeric material. Biofilm …

Manuka honey (MH) is currently used as a wound treatment and suggested to be effective in
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) elimination. We sought to optimize the …

In addition to specific antibiotic resistance, the formation of bacterial biofilm causes another
level of complications in attempts to eradicate pathogenic or harmful bacteria, including …