Critical review on biofilm methods

J Azeredo, NF Azevedo, R Briandet… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Biofilms are widespread in nature and constitute an important strategy implemented by
microorganisms to survive in sometimes harsh environmental conditions. They can be …

[HTML][HTML] Microscopy methods for biofilm imaging: focus on SEM and VP-SEM pros and cons

M Relucenti, G Familiari, O Donfrancesco, M Taurino… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Bacterial biofilms cause infections that are often resistant to antibiotic
treatments. Research about the formation and elimination of biofilms cannot be undertaken …

Secondary effects of antibiotics on microbial biofilms

A Penesyan, IT Paulsen, MR Gillings… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Biofilms are assemblages of microorganisms attached to each other, or to a surface, and
encased in a protective, self-produced matrix. Such associations are now recognized as the …

Advantages and limitations of microtiter biofilm assays in the model of antibiofilm activity of Klebsiella phage KP34 and its depolymerase

A Latka, Z Drulis-Kawa - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
One of the potential antibiofilm strategies is to use lytic phages and phage-derived
polysaccharide depolymerases. The idea is to uncover bacteria embedded in the biofilm …

Emergence of ceftazidime/avibactam non-susceptibility in an MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate

A Both, H Büttner, J Huang, M Perbandt… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Avibactam is a novel broad-range β-lactamase inhibitor active against Ambler
class A (including ESBL and KPC) and some Ambler class C and D (eg OXA-48) enzymes …

Isolation and Characterization of Klebsiella Phages for Phage Therapy

EM Townsend, L Kelly, L Gannon… - Therapy, Applications …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Introduction: Klebsiella is a clinically important pathogen causing a variety of antimicrobial
resistant infections in both community and nosocomial settings, particularly pneumonia …

[HTML][HTML] Virulence alterations in staphylococcus aureus upon treatment with the sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics

J Chen, H Zhou, J Huang, R Zhang, X Rao - Journal of advanced research, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The treatment of patients with Staphylococcus aureus infections mainly relies
on antistaphylococcal regimens that are established with effective antibiotics. In antibiotic …

Restructuring of Enterococcus faecalis biofilm architecture in response to antibiotic-induced stress

JL Dale, JL Nilson, AMT Barnes… - npj Biofilms and …, 2017 - nature.com
Bacterial biofilms are intrinsically resistant to antimicrobial treatment, which contributes to
microbial persistence in clinical infections. Enterococcus faecalis is an opportunistic …

Adsorption of Rhodamine b dye onto novel Biochar: Isotherm, Kinetic, thermodynamic study and antibiofilm activity

LD Pompeu, DM Druzian, LR Oviedo, AR Viana… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater pollution from organic dyes has been a serious and increasing environmental
problem. The present work aims to synthesize and characterize biochar (BC) from shrimp …

Spheroplast-mediated carbapenem tolerance in Gram-negative pathogens

T Cross, B Ransegnola, JH Shin… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antibiotic tolerance, the ability to temporarily sustain viability in the presence of bactericidal
antibiotics, constitutes an understudied and yet potentially widespread cause of antibiotic …