The rise in antimicrobial resistant bacteria threatens the current methods utilized to treat
bacterial infections. The development of novel therapeutic agents is crucial in avoiding a …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are showing increasing promise as potential candidate
antibacterial drugs in the face of the rapidly emerging bacterial resistance to conventional …

Background & aims Medication is a major determinant of human gut microbiome structure,
and its overuse increases the risks of morbidity and mortality. However, effects of certain …

Rapidly growing resistance of pathogenic bacteria to conventional antibiotics leads to
inefficiency of traditional approaches of countering infections and determines the urgent …

Antibiotic resistance is a growing global problem that requires innovative therapeutic
approaches and strategies for administering antibiotics. One promising approach is …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a key component of the host's innate immune system,
targeting invasive and colonizing bacteria. For successful survival and colonization of the …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are produced by several organisms as their first line of
defense. Constituted by amino acids, they may present different mechanisms of action. The …

Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents carrying plenty of nutrients and
micropollutants pose serious threats to receiving rivers, however, the response of microbial …

This review provides an analysis of the role that membrane composition and structure plays
in the resistance of microorganisms to antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). We describe the …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are short cationic host-defense molecules that provide the
early stage of protection against invading microbes. They also have important modulatory …