A new era of antibiotics: the clinical potential of antimicrobial peptides

K Browne, S Chakraborty, R Chen… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is a multifaceted crisis, imposing a serious threat to global health.
The traditional antibiotic pipeline has been exhausted, prompting research into alternate …

Bacteriocins, antimicrobial peptides from bacterial origin: overview of their biology and their impact against multidrug-resistant bacteria

A Simons, K Alhanout, RE Duval - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Currently, the emergence and ongoing dissemination of antimicrobial resistance among
bacteria are critical health and economic issue, leading to increased rates of morbidity and …

Fungal-bacterial interactions in health and disease

W Krüger, S Vielreicher, M Kapitan, ID Jacobsen… - Pathogens, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fungi and bacteria encounter each other in various niches of the human body. There, they
interact directly with one another or indirectly via the host response. In both cases …

Microcins in Enterobacteriaceae: Peptide Antimicrobials in the Eco-Active Intestinal Chemosphere

F Baquero, VF Lanza, MR Baquero… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microcins are low-molecular-weight, ribosomally produced, highly stable, bacterial-inhibitory
molecules involved in competitive, and amensalistic interactions between …

[HTML][HTML] The urinary microbiome and biological therapeutics: Novel therapies for urinary tract infections

C Kenneally, CP Murphy, RD Sleator… - Microbiological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The discovery of microbial communities in the urinary tract (the urobiome) has fundamentally
altered the previous doctrine regarding urine sterility and associated urinary disorders …

Bacteriocins to thwart bacterial resistance in gram negative bacteria

S Telhig, L Ben Said, S Zirah, I Fliss… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
An overuse of antibiotics both in human and animal health and as growth promoters in
farming practices has increased the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Antibiotic …

Synthesis and molecular docking study of α-aminophosphonates as potential multi-targeting antibacterial agents

RR Neiber, NA Samak, J **ng, EI Elmongy… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibacterial compounds that reduce extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are needed
to avoid bacterial biofilms in water pipelines. Herein, green one-pot synthesis of α …

Prevalence of Virulence Genes and Their Association with Antimicrobial Resistance Among Pathogenic E. coli Isolated from Egyptian Patients with Different Clinical …

RM Abd El-Baky, RA Ibrahim… - Infection and Drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Escherichia (E.) coli can cause intestinal and extra-intestinal infections which
ranged from mild to life-threatening infections. The severity of infection is a product of many …

Microcins reveal natural mechanisms of bacterial manipulation to inform therapeutic development

JK Parker, BW Davies - Microbiology, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Microcins are an understudied and poorly characterized class of antimicrobial peptides.
Despite the existence of only 15 examples, all identified from the Enterobacteriaceae …

Emerging applications of bacteriocins as antimicrobials, anticancer drugs, and modulators of the gastrointestinal microbiota

C Cesa-Luna, JM Alatorre-Cruz… - Polish Journal of …, 2021 - sciendo.com
The use of bacteriocins holds great promise in different areas such as health, food, nutrition,
veterinary, nanotechnology, among others. Many research groups worldwide continue to …