Prevention of biofilm formation by quorum quenching

E Paluch, J Rewak-Soroczyńska, I Jędrusik… - Applied microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Quorum sensing (QS) is a mechanism that enables microbial communication. It is based on
the constant secretion of signaling molecules to the environment. The main role of QS is the …

Quorum sensing inhibitors as antipathogens: biotechnological applications

VC Kalia, SKS Patel, YC Kang, JK Lee - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
The mechanisms through which microbes communicate using signal molecules has inspired
a great deal of research. Microbes use this exchange of information, known as quorum …

Quorum sensing inhibitors: an overview

VC Kalia - Biotechnology advances, 2013 - Elsevier
Excessive and indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections has lead to the
emergence of multiple drug resistant strains. Most infectious diseases are caused by …

Targeting virulence: can we make evolution-proof drugs?

RC Allen, R Popat, SP Diggle, SP Brown - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014 - nature.com
Antivirulence drugs are a new type of therapeutic drug that target virulence factors,
potentially revitalising the drug-development pipeline with new targets. As antivirulence …

Flavonoids suppress Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence through allosteric inhibition of quorum-sensing receptors

JE Paczkowski, S Mukherjee, AR McCready… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
Quorum sensing is a process of cell-cell communication that bacteria use to regulate
collective behaviors. Quorum sensing depends on the production, detection, and group …

Acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing: from evolution to application

M Schuster, D Joseph Sexton, SP Diggle… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Quorum sensing (QS) is a widespread process in bacteria that employs autoinducing
chemical signals to coordinate diverse, often cooperative activities such as …

Specificity and complexity in bacterial quorum-sensing systems

LA Hawver, SA Jung, WL Ng - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Quorum sensing (QS) is a microbial cell-to-cell communication process that relies on the
production and detection of chemical signals called autoinducers (AIs) to monitor cell …

Quorum sensing in bacteria

MB Miller, BL Bassler - Annual Reviews in Microbiology, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Quorum sensing is the regulation of gene expression in response to fluctuations in
cell-population density. Quorum sensing bacteria produce and release chemical signal …

Molecular mechanisms and applications of N-acyl homoserine lactone-mediated quorum sensing in bacteria

L Kumar, SKS Patel, K Kharga, R Kumar, P Kumar… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microbial biodiversity includes biotic and abiotic components that support all life forms by
adapting to environmental conditions. Climate change, pollution, human activity, and natural …

Quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria: small-molecule modulation of AHL and AI-2 quorum sensing pathways

WRJD Galloway, JT Hodgkinson, SD Bowden… - Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Numerous species of bacteria employ a mechanism of intercellular communication known
as quorum sensing. This signaling process allows the cells comprising a bacterial colony to …