Persisters refer to genetically drug susceptible quiescent (non-growing or slow growing)
bacteria that survive in stress environments such as antibiotic exposure, acidic and …

Bacteria can be adapted to adverse and detrimental conditions that induce general and
specific responses to DNA damage as well as acid, heat, cold, starvation, oxidative …

Phenotypic variations between individual microbial cells play a key role in the resistance of
microbial pathogens to pharmacotherapies. Nevertheless, little is known about cell …

Abstract Cronobacter sakazakii (C. sakazakii), a food-borne pathogen, can infect neonates,
elderly and immunocompromised populations with a high infection and mortality rate …

Novel antibacterial therapies are urgently required to tackle the increasing number of
multidrug‐resistant pathogens. Identification of new antimicrobial targets is critical to avoid …

The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic led to increased use of disinfectants and
antiseptics (DAs), resulting in higher concentrations of these compounds in wastewaters …

Colistin is one of the last-resort antibiotics in treating infections caused by multidrug-resistant
(MDR) pathogens. Unfortunately, the emergence of colistin-resistant gram-negative strains …

Plasmid-mediated conjugative transfer has emerged as a major driver accounting for the
dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). In addition to the use of antimicrobial …

The increasing emergence of antibiotic resistance is an urgent threat to global health care;
thus, there is a need for new therapeutics. Guanidine is the preferred functional group for …

Because of the stubborn resistance to antibiotics, treating clinically resistant bacteria is a
tricky business. Although considerable attention has been devoted to preventing and …