Antibiotics have revolutionized medicine, saving countless lives since their discovery in the
early 20th century. However, the origin of antibiotics is now overshadowed by the alarming …

Cosmetics, like any product containing water and organic/inorganic compounds, require
preservation against microbial contamination to guarantee consumer's safety and to …

Unlike conventional antimicrobials, the study of bacterial resistance to silver nanoparticles
(AgNPs) remains in its infancy and the mechanism (s) through which it evolves are limited …

Obesity is associated with low-grade chronic inflammation and intestinal dysbiosis.
Ganoderma lucidum is a medicinal mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine with …

Biofilms are heterogeneous structures composed of bacterial cells surrounded by a matrix
and attached to solid surfaces. The bacteria here are 100 to 1,000 times more tolerant to …

Metalloenzymes are central to a wide range of essential biological activities, including
nucleic acid modification, protein degradation, and many others. The role of metalloenzymes …

Antibiotics are chemotherapeutic agents, which have been a very powerful tool in the clinical
management of bacterial diseases since the 1940s. However, benefits offered by these …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is often resistant to multiple antibiotics and consequently has
joined the ranks of 'superbugs' due to its enormous capacity to engender resistance. It …

How bacteria regulate, assemble and rotate flagella to swim in liquid media is reasonably
well understood. Much less is known about how some bacteria use flagella to move over the …

Bacterial biofilms are the basis of many persistent diseases. The persistence of these
infections is primarily attributed to the increased antibiotic resistance exhibited by the cells …