As a complex microbial aggregate, biofilm is a group behavior of bacterial ability to adapt to
the environment. Bacteria produce biofilm substrates that enhance their tolerance to stress …

Quorum sensing (QS) refers to the capacity of bacteria to monitor their population density
and regulate gene expression accordingly: the QS-regulated processes deal with …

Decreased antimicrobial efficiency has become a global public health issue. The paucity of
new antibacterial drugs is evident, and the arsenal against infectious diseases needs to be …

A number of bacteria, and some plants, produce large quantities of indole, which is
widespread in animal intestinal tracts and in the rhizosphere. Indole, as an interspecies and …

The increasing incidence of antimicrobial resistance exhibited by biofilm-forming microbial
pathogens has been recognized as one of the major issues in the healthcare sector. In the …

Microbial synthesis of the phytohormone auxin has been known for a long time. This
property is best documented for bacteria that interact with plants because bacterial auxin …

In the biofilm form, bacteria are more resistant to various antimicrobial treatments. Bacteria in
a biofilm can also survive harsh conditions and withstand the host's immune system …

In bacteremia the majority of bacterial species are killed by oxidation on the surface of
erythrocytes and digested by local phagocytes in the liver and the spleen. Sepsis-causing …

Biofilm formation significantly contributes to microbial survival in hostile environments and it
is currently considered a key virulence factor for pathogens responsible for serious chronic …

Abstract Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7 (EHEC) has caused foodborne
outbreaks worldwide and the bacterium forms antimicrobial-tolerant biofilms. We …