Pathogenesis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm: A Review

FF Tuon, LR Dantas, PH Suss, VS Tasca Ribeiro - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with several human infections, mainly related to
healthcare services. In the hospital, it is associated with resistance to several antibiotics …

[HTML][HTML] It is the time for quorum sensing inhibition as alternative strategy of antimicrobial therapy

NG Naga, DE El-Badan, KM Ghanem… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
Multiple drug resistance poses a significant threat to public health worldwide, with a
substantial increase in morbidity and mortality rates. Consequently, searching for novel …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogen biocontrol using plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPR): Role of bacterial diversity

H Wang, R Liu, MP You, MJ Barbetti, Y Chen - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
A vast microbial community inhabits in the rhizosphere, among which, specialized bacteria
known as Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) confer benefits to host plants …

Progress in and promise of bacterial quorum sensing research

M Whiteley, SP Diggle, EP Greenberg - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
This Review highlights how we can build upon the relatively new and rapidly develo**
field of research into bacterial quorum sensing (QS). We now have a depth of knowledge …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms: Host Response and Clinical Implications in Lung Infections

NM Maurice, B Bedi, RT Sadikot - American journal of respiratory …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major health challenge that causes recalcitrant multidrug-
resistant infections, especially in immunocompromised and hospitalized patients. P …

Interference in bacterial quorum sensing: a biopharmaceutical perspective

B Rémy, S Mion, L Plener, M Elias… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Numerous bacteria utilize molecular communication systems referred to as quorum sensing
(QS) to synchronize the expression of certain genes regulating, among other aspects, the …

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 …

The rhizosphere microbiome: significance of plant beneficial, plant pathogenic, and human pathogenic microorganisms

R Mendes, P Garbeva… - FEMS microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Microbial communities play a pivotal role in the functioning of plants by influencing their
physiology and development. While many members of the rhizosphere microbiome are …

[HTML][HTML] Plant growth promotion in cereal and leguminous agricultural important plants: from microorganism capacities to crop production

F Pérez-Montaño, C Alías-Villegas, RA Bellogín… - Microbiological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are free-living bacteria which actively colonize
plant roots, exerting beneficial effects on plant development. The PGPR may (i) promote the …

Exploiting quorum sensing to confuse bacterial pathogens

B LaSarre, MJ Federle - Microbiology and molecular biology …, 2013 - journals.asm.org
Cell-cell communication, or quorum sensing, is a widespread phenomenon in bacteria that
is used to coordinate gene expression among local populations. Its use by bacterial …