Microbial biofilm: a review on formation, infection, antibiotic resistance, control measures, and innovative treatment

S Sharma, J Mohler, SD Mahajan, SA Schwartz… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biofilm is complex and consists of bacterial colonies that reside in an exopolysaccharide
matrix that attaches to foreign surfaces in a living organism. Biofilm frequently leads to …

Probiotics and prebiotics in intestinal health and disease: from biology to the clinic

ME Sanders, DJ Merenstein, G Reid… - Nature reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Probiotics and prebiotics are microbiota-management tools for improving host health. They
target gastrointestinal effects via the gut, although direct application to other sites such as …

Lactic acid bacteria in raw-milk cheeses: From starter cultures to probiotic functions

MC Coelho, FX Malcata, CCG Silva - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Traditional cheeses produced from raw milk exhibit a complex microbiota, characterized by
a sequence of different microorganisms from milk coagulation and throughout maturation …

Functions and emerging applications of bacteriocins

ML Chikindas, R Weeks, D Drider… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Bacteriocins play an integral, multifaceted role in microbial ecology.•Targeted
and controlled delivery should improve the efficacy of bacteriocins.•Bacteriocins' diverse …

Fermented foods and gastrointestinal health: underlying mechanisms

A Mukherjee, S Breselge, E Dimidi, ML Marco… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Although fermentation probably originally developed as a means of preserving food
substrates, many fermented foods (FFs), and components therein, are thought to have a …

Bacteriocins: An Overview of Antimicrobial, Toxicity, and Biosafety Assessment by in vivo Models

DF Benítez-Chao, A León-Buitimea… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The world is facing a significant increase in infections caused by drug-resistant infectious
agents. In response, various strategies have been recently explored to treat them, including …

[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 …

Antimicrobials for food and feed; a bacteriocin perspective

PM O'Connor, TM Kuniyoshi, RPS Oliveira… - Current opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Novel bacteriocins with potential as food preservatives are continuously being
discovered.•A hurdle approach is improving the efficacy of bacteriocins in foods and …

Colonization and development of the gut microbiome in calves

Y Du, Y Gao, M Hu, J Hou, L Yang, X Wang… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Springer
Colonization and development of the gut microbiome are crucial for the growth and health of
calves. In this review, we summarized the colonization, beneficial nutrition, immune function …

The challenge of applications of probiotics in gastrointestinal diseases

W Wolfe, Z Xiang, X Yu, P Li, H Chen… - Advanced Gut & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Gastrointestinal disease is characterized by gastrointestinal dysfunction with dysbiosis of the
microbiome. Probiotics may act as biological agents in treating gastrointestinal diseases …