Tolerance and Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms to Antimicrobial Agents—How P. aeruginosa Can Escape Antibiotics

O Ciofu, T Tolker-Nielsen - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the six bacterial pathogens, Enterococcus faecium,
Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas …

Revisiting the virulence hallmarks of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a chronicle through the perspective of quorum sensing

J Chadha, K Harjai, S Chhibber - Environmental microbiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen and the leading cause of mortality
among immunocompromised patients in clinical setups. The hallmarks of virulence in P …

Biofilm formation: mechanistic insights and therapeutic targets

X Wang, M Liu, C Yu, J Li, X Zhou - Molecular biomedicine, 2023 - Springer
Biofilms are complex multicellular communities formed by bacteria, and their extracellular
polymeric substances are observed as surface-attached or non-surface-attached …

[HTML][HTML] Quorum sensing and bacterial social interactions in biofilms

YH Li, X Tian - Sensors, 2012 - mdpi.com
Many bacteria are known to regulate their cooperative activities and physiological processes
through a mechanism called quorum sensing (QS), in which bacterial cells communicate …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm, a programmed bacterial life for fitness

K Lee, SS Yoon - Journal of microbiology and biotechnology, 2017 - koreascience.kr
A biofilm is a community of microbes that typically inhabit on surfaces and are encased in an
extracellular matrix. Biofilms display very dissimilar characteristics to their planktonic …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa adapts its iron uptake strategies in function of the type of infections

P Cornelis, J Dingemans - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative γ-Proteobacterium which is known for its
capacity to colonize various niches, including some invertebrate and vertebrate hosts …

Molecular basis of in vivo biofilm formation by bacterial pathogens

HS Joo, M Otto - Chemistry & biology, 2012 - cell.com
Bacterial biofilms are involved in a multitude of serious chronic infections. In recent years,
modeling of biofilm infection in vitro has led to the identification of microbial determinants …

Antimicrobial resistance, respiratory tract infections and role of biofilms in lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients

O Ciofu, T Tolker-Nielsen, PØ Jensen, H Wang… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2015 - Elsevier
Lung infection is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis and
is mainly dominated by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The biofilm mode of growth makes …

[HTML][HTML] Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) Essential Oil for Its Application in Foods

M Kačániová, L Galovičová, E Ivanišová, NL Vukovic… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to assess the chemical composition, antioxidant, antimicrobial and
antibiofilm activity of the Coriandrum sativum essential oil. Changes in the biofilm profile of …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm infections: community structure, antimicrobial tolerance and immune response

M Rybtke, LD Hultqvist, M Givskov… - Journal of molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Studies of biopsies from infectious sites, explanted tissue and medical devises have
provided evidence that biofilms are the underlying cause of a variety of tissue-associated …