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 …

Bacterial adhesion at the single-cell level

C Berne, CK Ellison, A Ducret, YV Brun - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
The formation of multicellular microbial communities, called biofilms, starts from the
adhesion of a few planktonic cells to the surface. The transition from a free-living planktonic …

The ecology and evolution of microbial competition

M Ghoul, S Mitri - Trends in microbiology, 2016 - cell.com
Microbes are typically surrounded by different strains and species with whom they compete
for scarce nutrients and limited space. Given such challenging living conditions, microbes …

Recent advances in mucoadhesive interface materials, mucoadhesion characterization, and technologies

IS Bayer - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mucoadhesion is an extremely important field of adhesion science and the comprehensive
understanding and modulation of mucoadhesion can lead to lifesaving materials and …

Biofilm-related infections: bridging the gap between clinical management and fundamental aspects of recalcitrance toward antibiotics

D Lebeaux, JM Ghigo, C Beloin - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Surface-associated microbial communities, called biofilms, are present in all environments.
Although biofilms play an important positive role in a variety of ecosystems, they also have …

Biofilm dispersion and quorum sensing

C Solano, M Echeverz, I Lasa - Current opinion in microbiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Biofilm development and quorum sensing are social bacterial
behaviours.•Quorum sensing regulates genes involved in biofilm development.•Quorum …

[HTML][HTML] Broad-spectrum anti-biofilm peptide that targets a cellular stress response

C De la Fuente-Núñez, F Reffuveille, EF Haney… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Bacteria form multicellular communities known as biofilms that cause two thirds of all
infections and demonstrate a 10 to 1000 fold increase in adaptive resistance to conventional …

Options and limitations in clinical investigation of bacterial biofilms

M Magana, C Sereti, A Ioannidis… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria can form single-and multispecies biofilms exhibiting diverse features based upon
the microbial composition of their community and microenvironment. The study of bacterial …

Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 International Clinical Practice Guidelines from the Infectious …

TM Hooton, SF Bradley, DD Cardenas… - Clinical infectious …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention, and management of persons with catheter-
associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI), both symptomatic and asymptomatic, were …

Microbial biosurfactants production, applications and future potential

IM Banat, A Franzetti, I Gandolfi, G Bestetti… - Applied microbiology …, 2010 - Springer
Microorganisms synthesise a wide range of surface-active compounds (SAC), generally
called biosurfactants. These compounds are mainly classified according to their molecular …