New Insights On Biofilm Antimicrobial Strategies

Author : Luís Melo,Nuno F. Azevedo
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783036512211

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New Insights on Biofilm Antimicrobial Strategies by Luís Melo,Nuno F. Azevedo Pdf

Over the last few decades, the study of microbial biofilms has been gaining interest among the scientific community. These microbial communities comprise cells adhered to surfaces that are surrounded by a self-produced exopolymeric matrix that protects biofilm cells against different external stresses. Biofilms can have a negative impact on different sectors within society, namely in agriculture, food industries, and veterinary and human health. As a consequence of their metabolic state and matrix protection, biofilm cells are very difficult to tackle with antibiotics or chemical disinfectants. Due to this problem, recent advances in the development of antibiotic alternatives or complementary strategies to prevent or control biofilms have been reported. This book includes different strategies to prevent biofilm formation or to control biofilm development and includes full research articles, reviews, a communication, and a perspective.

Author : Luís Melo,Nuno F. Azevedo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3036512209

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New Insights on Biofilm Antimicrobial Strategies by Luís Melo,Nuno F. Azevedo Pdf

Over the last few decades, the study of microbial biofilms has been gaining interest among the scientific community. These microbial communities comprise cells adhered to surfaces that are surrounded by a self-produced exopolymeric matrix that protects biofilm cells against different external stresses. Biofilms can have a negative impact on different sectors within society, namely in agriculture, food industries, and veterinary and human health. As a consequence of their metabolic state and matrix protection, biofilm cells are very difficult to tackle with antibiotics or chemical disinfectants. Due to this problem, recent advances in the development of antibiotic alternatives or complementary strategies to prevent or control biofilms have been reported. This book includes different strategies to prevent biofilm formation or to control biofilm development and includes full research articles, reviews, a communication, and a perspective.

Author : Andreia S. Azevedo,Lu¿s Melo
Publisher : Mdpi AG
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 3036548025

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New Insights on Biofilm Antimicrobial Strategies, 2nd Volume by Andreia S. Azevedo,Lu¿s Melo Pdf

In biofilms, microorganisms are able to communicate together and assemble by themselves, creating a consortium with different properties from the original free-floating microorganisms. In fact, biofilm cells bind strongly to a living or non-living surface, enclosed in a self-produced extracellular matrix that is composed of extracellular polymeric substances. One benefit of this lifestyle is the increased resistance or tolerance to antimicrobial agents (e.g., antibiotics). Hence, research on the development of alternative strategies to prevent and control biofilms is highly relevant for society in terms of human health, industry and the environment. Different approaches to prevent or control biofilms using antibiotic alternative strategies were submitted to this Special Issue.

Author : Sujogya Kumar Panda,Silvia Buroni,Luis Cláudio Nascimento da Silva,Vishvanath Tiwari
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889716173

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Insights Into New Strategies to Combat Biofilms by Sujogya Kumar Panda,Silvia Buroni,Luis Cláudio Nascimento da Silva,Vishvanath Tiwari Pdf

Author : Tony Romeo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783540754183

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Bacterial Biofilms by Tony Romeo Pdf

Throughout the biological world, bacteria thrive predominantly in surface-attached, matrix-enclosed, multicellular communities or biofilms, as opposed to isolated planktonic cells. This choice of lifestyle is not trivial, as it involves major shifts in the use of genetic information and cellular energy, and has profound consequences for bacterial physiology and survival. Growth within a biofilm can thwart immune function and antibiotic therapy and thereby complicate the treatment of infectious diseases, especially chronic and foreign device-associated infections. Modern studies of many important biofilms have advanced well beyond the descriptive stage, and have begun to provide molecular details of the structural, biochemical, and genetic processes that drive biofilm formation and its dispersion. There is much diversity in the details of biofilm development among various species, but there are also commonalities. In most species, environmental and nutritional conditions greatly influence biofilm development. Similar kinds of adhesive molecules often promote biofilm formation in diverse species. Signaling and regulatory processes that drive biofilm development are often conserved, especially among related bacteria. Knowledge of such processes holds great promise for efforts to control biofilm growth and combat biofilm-associated infections. This volume focuses on the biology of biofilms that affect human disease, although it is by no means comprehensive. It opens with chapters that provide the reader with current perspectives on biofilm development, physiology, environmental, and regulatory effects, the role of quorum sensing, and resistance/phenotypic persistence to antimicrobial agents during biofilm growth.

Author : Manuel Simoes,Anabel Borges,Lucia Chaves Simoes
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128194980

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Recent Trends in Biofilm Science and Technology by Manuel Simoes,Anabel Borges,Lucia Chaves Simoes Pdf

Recent Trends in Biofilm Science and Technology helps researchers working on fundamental aspects of biofilm formation and control conduct biofilm studies and interpret results. The book provides a remarkable amount of knowledge on the processes that regulate biofilm formation, the methods used, monitoring characterization and mathematical modeling, the problems/advantages caused by their presence in the food industry, environment and medical fields, and the current and emergent strategies for their control. Research on biofilms has progressed rapidly in the last decade due to the fact that biofilms have required the development of new analytical tools and new collaborations between biologists, engineers and mathematicians. Presents an overview of the process of biofilm formation and its implications Provides a clearer understanding of the role of biofilms in infections Creates a foundation for further research on novel control strategies Updates readers on the remarkable amount of knowledge on the processes that regulate biofilm formation

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Committee on New Directions in the Study of Antimicrobial Therapeutics: Immunomodulation,Committee on New Directions in the Study of Antimicrobial Therapeutics: New Classes of Antimicrobials
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309180689

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Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Committee on New Directions in the Study of Antimicrobial Therapeutics: Immunomodulation,Committee on New Directions in the Study of Antimicrobial Therapeutics: New Classes of Antimicrobials Pdf

Humans coexist with millions of harmless microorganisms, but emerging diseases, resistance to antibiotics, and the threat of bioterrorism are forcing scientists to look for new ways to confront the microbes that do pose a danger. This report identifies innovative approaches to the development of antimicrobial drugs and vaccines based on a greater understanding of how the human immune system interacts with both good and bad microbes. The report concludes that the development of a single superdrug to fight all infectious agents is unrealistic.

Author : Thomas Bjarnsholt,Peter Østrup Jensen,Claus Moser,Niels Høiby
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1489982280

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Biofilm Infections by Thomas Bjarnsholt,Peter Østrup Jensen,Claus Moser,Niels Høiby Pdf

This book will cover both the evidence for biofilms in many chronic bacterial infections as well as the problems facing these infections such as diagnostics and treatment regimes. A still increasing interest and emphasis on the sessile bacterial lifestyle biofilms has been seen since it was realized that that less than 0.1% of the total microbial biomass lives in the planktonic mode of growth. The term was coined in 1978 by Costerton et al. who defined the term biofilm for the first time.In 1993 the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) recognised that the biofilmmode of growth was relevant to microbiology. Lately many articles have been published on the clinical implications of bacterial biofilms. Both original articles and reviews concerning the biofilm problem are available.

Author : Sadik Dincer,Melis Sümengen Özdenefe,Afet Arkut
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789858990

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Bacterial Biofilms by Sadik Dincer,Melis Sümengen Özdenefe,Afet Arkut Pdf

This book examines biofilms in nature. Organized into four parts, this book addresses biofilms in wastewater treatment, inhibition of biofilm formation, biofilms and infection, and ecology of biofilms. It is designed for clinicians, researchers, and industry professionals in the fields of microbiology, biotechnology, ecology, and medicine as well as graduate and postgraduate students.

Author : Sahra Kırmusaoğlu
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781789857894

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Antimicrobials, Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiofilm Strategies and Activity Methods by Sahra Kırmusaoğlu Pdf

To prevent bacterial adherence, invasion and infection, antimicrobials such as antibiotics are being used and vastly researched nowdays. Several factors such as natural selection, mutations in genes, the presence of efflux pumps, impermeability of the cell wall, structural changes in enzymes and receptors, biofilm formation, and quorum sensing cause microorganisms to develop resistance against antimicrobials. Isolates that synthesize extended spectrum-β-lactamases (ESBL), induced β-lactamases (IBL), carbapenamases, metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs), and New Delhi metallo-β-lactamases (NDM) have emerged. Determining virulence factors such as biofilms and the level of antimicrobial activities of antimicrobial agents alone and in combination with appropriate doses against microorganisms is very important for the diagnosis, inhibition, and prevention of microbial infection. The goal of this book is to provide information on all these topics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781464902147

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Escherichia coli Infections: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2011 Edition by Anonim Pdf

Escherichia coli Infections: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Escherichia coli Infections. The editors have built Escherichia coli Infections: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Escherichia coli Infections in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Escherichia coli Infections: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Author : Mahmoud Ghannoum,Matthew Parsek,Marvin Whiteley,Pranab K. Mukherjee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781683673330

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Microbial Biofilms by Mahmoud Ghannoum,Matthew Parsek,Marvin Whiteley,Pranab K. Mukherjee Pdf

An examination of the research and translational application to prevent and treat biofilm-associated diseases In the decade since the first edition of Microbial Biofilms was published, the interest in this field has expanded, spurring breakthrough research that has advanced the treatment of biofilm-associated diseases. This second edition takes the reader on an exciting, extensive review of bacterial and fungal biofilms, ranging from basic molecular interactions to innovative therapies, with particular emphasis on the division of labor in biofilms, new approaches to combat the threat of microbial biofilms, and how biofilms evade the host defense. Chapters written by established investigators cover recent findings, and contributions from investigators new to the field provide unique and fresh insights. Specifically, Microbial Biofilms provides state-of-the-art research in the field of bacterial and fungal biofilms detailed descriptions of the in vitro and in vivo models available to evaluate microbial biofilms future areas of research and their translational and clinical applications Microbial Biofilms is a useful reference for researchers and clinicians. It will also provide insight in the dynamic field of microbial biofilms for graduate and postgraduate students.

Author : Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran,Nooruddin Thajuddin
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789535124351

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Microbial Biofilms by Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran,Nooruddin Thajuddin Pdf

In the book Microbial Biofilms: Importance and applications, eminent scientists provide an up-to-date review of the present and future trends on biofilm-related research. This book is divided with four subdivisions as biofilm fundamentals, applications, health aspects, and their control. Moreover, this book also provides a comprehensive account on microbial interactions in biofilms, pyocyanin, and extracellular DNA in facilitating Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation, atomic force microscopic studies of biofilms, and biofilms in beverage industry. The book comprises a total of 21 chapters from valued contributions from world leading experts in Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Serbia, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, and Turkey. This book may be used as a text or reference for everyone interested in biofilms and their applications. It is also highly recommended for environmental microbiologists, soil scientists, medical microbiologists, bioremediation experts, and microbiologists working in biocorrosion, biofouling, biodegradation, water microbiology, quorum sensing, and many other related areas. Scientists in academia, research laboratories, and industry will also find it of interest.

Author : Hilary M. Lappin-Scott,J. William Costerton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 052154212X

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Microbial Biofilms by Hilary M. Lappin-Scott,J. William Costerton Pdf

Biochemistry and ecology of biofilms from industrial, medical and other viewpoints.

Author : Sunil Kumar,Niharika Chandra,Leena Singh,Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi,Ajit Varma
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030307578

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Biofilms in Human Diseases: Treatment and Control by Sunil Kumar,Niharika Chandra,Leena Singh,Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi,Ajit Varma Pdf

This book highlights treatment strategies for bacterial biofilms in connection with a variety of human diseases. In particular, it reviews bacterial biofilm formation and its mechanism. Topics covered include biofilms in human health, the role of biofilms in mediating human diseases, and methods for testing bacterial biofilms. Further sections concentrate on biofilm-mediated diseases in different parts of the human gastrointestinal tract, while therapeutic strategies for biofilm control and natural agents that disrupt bacterial biofilms are also covered. Readers will also find the latest advances in probiotics and biofilms, as well as the use of probiotics to counteract biofilm-associated infections. Biofilms and antimicrobial resistance are discussed. Subsequent chapters address the management of inflammatory bowel disease via probiotics biofilms, as well as the role of probiotics bacteria in the treatment of human diseases associated with bacterial biofilms. The book is chiefly intended for clinicians/scientists in the fields of medical microbiology, applied microbiology, biochemistry, and biotechnology.