Background Dental caries is a chronic, multifactorial and biofilm-mediated oral bacterial
infection affecting almost every age group and every geographical region. Streptococcus …

With the increasing prevalence of untreatable infections caused by antibiotic-resistant
bacteria, the discovery of new drugs from natural products has become a hot research topic …

Streptococcus mutans is considered the most relevant bacteria in the transition of non-
pathogenic commensal oral microbiota to biofilms which contribute to the dental caries …

Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is considered the main causative agent of dental caries.
The study aims to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of a natural plant product, pure 4, 5'' …

Background Dental caries remains the most prevalent and costly oral infectious disease
worldwide, encouraging the search for new and more effective antimicrobials. Therefore, the …

The emergence of resistance against the last-resort antibiotic vancomycin in staphylococcal
infections is a serious concern for human health. Although various drug-resistant pathogens …

Racemases and epimerases catalyze the inversion of stereochemistry at asymmetric carbon
atoms to generate stereoisomers that often play important roles in normal and pathological …

Bacterial traits for virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum causing lethal wilt in plants were
extensively studied but are not yet fully understood. Other than the known virulence factors …

Streptococcus iniae is a pathogenic and zoonotic bacterium responsible for human diseases
and mortality of many fish species. Recently, this bacterium has demonstrated an increasing …

Glutamate racemases (GR) catalyze the racemization of d‐and l‐glutamate and are targets
for the development of antibiotics. We demonstrate that GR from the periodontal pathogen …