[HTML][HTML] Natural products as biofilm formation antagonists and regulators of quorum sensing functions: A comprehensive review update and future trends

AD Ćirić, JD Petrović, JM Glamočlija… - South African Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Quorum sensing (QS) are defined as an entire set of bacterial behaviors: biofilm formation,
bioluminescence, conjugation and virulence, antibiotic production, competence …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiome engineering: a promising approach to improve coral health

J Li, Q Yang, J Dong, M Sweet, Y Zhang, C Liu… - Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The world's coral reefs are threatened by the cumulative impacts of global climate change
and local stressors. Driven largely by a desire to understand the interactions between corals …

Synthesis and characterization of chitosan oligosaccharide-capped gold nanoparticles as an effective antibiofilm drug against the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

F Khan, JW Lee, P Manivasagan, DTN Pham, J Oh… - Microbial …, 2019 - Elsevier
The infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a serious concern in human health.
The bacterium is an opportunistic pathogen which has been reported to cause nosocomial …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation and Persistence, along with the Production of Quorum Sensing-Dependent Virulence Factors, Are Disrupted by a Triterpenoid …

T Rasamiravaka, OM Vandeputte, L Pottier, J Huet… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Recently, extracts of Dalbergia trichocarpa bark have been shown to disrupt P. aeruginosa
PAO1 quorum sensing (QS) mechanisms, which are key regulators of virulence factor …

Curcumin liposomes interfere with quorum sensing system of Aeromonas sobria and in silico analysis

T Ding, T Li, Z Wang, J Li - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Aeromonas sobria is opportunistic pathogen frequently found in environment and food.
Interfering with its quorum sensing (QS) system could be a promising way to alleviate its …

Non-thermal plasma exposure rapidly attenuates bacterial AHL-dependent quorum sensing and virulence

PB Flynn, A Busetti, E Wielogorska, OP Chevallier… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The antimicrobial activity of atmospheric pressure non-thermal plasma has been
exhaustively characterised, however elucidation of the interactions between biomolecules …

Employing high-frequency alternating magnetic fields for the non-invasive treatment of prosthetic joint infections

R Chopra, S Shaikh, Y Chatzinoff, I Munaweera… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) usually requires surgical replacement of
the infected joint and weeks of antibiotic therapy, due to the formation of biofilm. We …

Widespread existence of quorum sensing inhibitors in marine bacteria: potential drugs to combat pathogens with novel strategies

J Zhao, X Li, X Hou, C Quan, M Chen - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Quorum sensing (QS) is a phenomenon of intercellular communication discovered mainly in
bacteria. A QS system consisting of QS signal molecules and regulatory protein components …

Anti-quorum sensing activities of selected coral symbiotic bacterial extracts from the South China Sea

ZP Ma, Y Song, ZH Cai, ZJ Lin, GH Lin… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The worldwide increase in antibiotic-resistant pathogens means that identification of
alternative antibacterial drug targets and the subsequent development of new treatment …

Potential interactions bacteria-brown algae

MMF de Mesquita, MAC Crapez, VL Teixeira… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Macroalgae play a crucial role in marine ecosystems when they contribute to the global
primary production in the habitats formation, providing food and shelter to a range of aquatic …