Biofilms as promoters of bacterial antibiotic resistance and tolerance

C Uruén, G Chopo-Escuin, J Tommassen… - Antibiotics, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Multidrug resistant bacteria are a global threat for human and animal health. However, they
are only part of the problem of antibiotic failure. Another bacterial strategy that contributes to …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies to improve bioactive and antibacterial properties of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) for use as orthopedic implants

Z Zheng, P Liu, X Zhang, X Zou, X Mei, S Zhang… - Materials Today Bio, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) has gradually become the mainstream material for preparing
orthopedic implants due to its similar elastic modulus to human bone, high strength …

Role of microalgae-bacterial consortium in wastewater treatment: A review

L Li, W Chai, C Sun, L Huang, T Sheng, Z Song… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In the global effort to reduce CO 2 emissions, the concurrent enhancement of pollutant
degradation and reductions in fossil fuel consumption are pivotal aspects of microalgae …

Advances in novel therapeutic approaches for periodontal diseases

MM Haque, K Yerex, A Kelekis-Cholakis, K Duan - BMC oral health, 2022‏ - Springer
Periodontal diseases are pathological processes resulting from infections and inflammation
affecting the periodontium or the tissue surrounding and supporting the teeth. Pathogenic …

Different drugs for bad bugs: antivirulence strategies in the age of antibiotic resistance

SW Dickey, GYC Cheung, M Otto - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2017‏ - nature.com
The rapid evolution and dissemination of antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens
are outpacing the development of new antibiotics, but antivirulence agents provide an …

The effects of antibiotics on the microbiome throughout development and alternative approaches for therapeutic modulation

A Langdon, N Crook, G Dantas - Genome medicine, 2016‏ - Springer
The widespread use of antibiotics in the past 80 years has saved millions of human lives,
facilitated technological progress and killed incalculable numbers of microbes, both …

Quorum quenching: role in nature and applied developments

C Grandclément, M Tannières, S Moréra… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
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 …

Antimicrobial resistance and virulence: a successful or deleterious association in the bacterial world?

A Beceiro, M Tomás, G Bou - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2013‏ - journals.asm.org
Hosts and bacteria have coevolved over millions of years, during which pathogenic bacteria
have modified their virulence mechanisms to adapt to host defense systems. Although the …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the impact of antibiotics and alternative methods for animal husbandry: A review

CX Low, LTH Tan, NS Ab Mutalib, P Pusparajah… - Antibiotics, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Since the 1950s, antibiotics have been used in the field of animal husbandry for growth
promotion, therapy and disease prophylaxis. It is estimated that up to 80% of the antibiotics …

[HTML][HTML] Human microbiomes and their roles in dysbiosis, common diseases, and novel therapeutic approaches

JE Belizário, M Napolitano - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015‏ - frontiersin.org
The human body is the residence of a large number of commensal (non-pathogenic) and
pathogenic microbial species that have co-evolved with the human genome, adaptive …