Bacteriophage-Derived Depolymerases against Bacterial Biofilm

A Novel Tail-Associated O91-Specific Polysaccharide Depolymerase from Podophage Reveals Lytic Efficacy of Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli

(2020) Yibao Chen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Approaches to optimize therapeutic bacteriophage and bacteriophage-derived products to combat bacterial infections

(2020) Monika Reuter et al.   VIRUS GENES

Salmonella Typhimurium biofilm disruption by a human antibody that binds a pan-amyloid epitope on curli

(2020) Sarah A. Tursi et al.   Nature Communications

Diversity and Function of Phage Encoded Depolymerases

(2020) Leandra E. Knecht et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Biomaterials for orthopedics: anti-biofilm activity of a new bioactive glass coating on titanium implants

(2020) Daniella Maia Marques et al.   BIOFOULING

Cryptides Identified in Human Apolipoprotein B as New Weapons to Fight Antibiotic Resistance in Cystic Fibrosis Disease

(2020) Rosa Gaglione et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin /5,10,15,20-tetrakis(1-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphine Nanoassemblies with Sustained Antimicrobial Phototherapeutic Action

(2020) Roberto Zagami et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Fighting Mixed-Species Microbial Biofilms With Cold Atmospheric Plasma

(2020) Yifan Rao et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Biofilm dispersion

(2020) Kendra P. Rumbaugh et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Investigation on the Evolution of Shiga Toxin-Converting Phages Based on Whole Genome Sequencing

(2020) Michele Zuppi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Monoclonal Antibodies Specific to the Extracellular Domain of Histidine Kinase YycG of Staphylococcus epidermidis Inhibit Biofilm Formation

(2020) Zhihui Lyu et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Phages for Biofilm Removal

(2020) Celia Ferriol-González et al.   Antibiotics-Basel

Multicellular and unicellular responses of microbial biofilms to stress

(2020) Daniel K.H. Rode et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Multi‐drug resistant, biofilm‐producing high‐risk clonal lineage of Klebsiella in companion and household animals

(2020) A. Banerjee et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Phage Particles from Antarctic and Mediterranean Seawater Ecosystems

(2020) Pedro Blanco-Picazo et al.   Microorganisms

Rhamnolipids and surfactin inhibit the growth or formation of oral bacterial biofilm

(2020) Ryota Yamasaki et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Advantages and limitations of microtiter biofilm assays in the model of antibiofilm activity of Klebsiella phage KP34 and its depolymerase

(2020) Agnieszka Latka et al.   Scientific Reports

Phage Therapy: Towards a Successful Clinical Trial

(2020) Andrzej Górski et al.   Antibiotics-Basel

Isolation and characterization of human pathogenic multidrug resistant bacteria associated with plastic litter collected in Zanzibar

(2020) Farah N. Rasool et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Identification of three podoviruses infecting Klebsiella encoding capsule depolymerases that digest specific capsular types

(2019) Yi-Jiun Pan et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Identification of a lytic Pseudomonas aeruginosa phage depolymerase and its anti-biofilm effect and bactericidal contribution to serum

(2019) Liyuan Mi et al.   VIRUS GENES

Methylobacterium extorquens RSH Enzyme Synthesizes (p)ppGpp and pppApp in vitro and in vivo, and Leads to Discovery of pppApp Synthesis in Escherichia coli

(2019) Michał Sobala et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Antibiotics versus biofilm: an emerging battleground in microbial communities

(2019) Divakar Sharma et al.   Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Mini-review: efficacy of lytic bacteriophages on multispecies biofilms

(2019) Legesse Geredew Kifelew et al.   BIOFOULING

Bacterial Metabolism and Antibiotic Efficacy

(2019) Jonathan M. Stokes et al.   Cell Metabolism

Antibiotics: past, present and future

(2019) Matthew I Hutchings et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Pharmacologically Aware Phage Therapy: Pharmacodynamic and Pharmacokinetic Obstacles to Phage Antibacterial Action in Animal and Human Bodies

(2019) Krystyna Dąbrowska et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Dual-Species Model Biofilm Consisting of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella Typhimurium: Development and Inactivation With Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP)

(2019) Marlies Govaert et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Remote eradication of biofilm on titanium implant via near-infrared light triggered photothermal/photodynamic therapy strategy

(2019) Zhang Yuan et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Antimicrobial properties of hydrophobic compounds in garlic: Allicin, vinyldithiin, ajoene and diallyl polysulfides (Review)

(2019) Masato Nakamoto et al.   Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

A Novel Polysaccharide Depolymerase Encoded by the Phage SH-KP152226 Confers Specific Activity Against Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae via Biofilm Degradation

(2019) Yunqiang Wu et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Rapid Biofilm Eradication on Bone Implants Using Red Phosphorus and Near-Infrared Light

(2018) Lei Tan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Applications of bacteriophages versus phage enzymes to combat and cure bacterial infections: an ambitious and also a realistic application?

(2018) Barbara Maciejewska et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Extracellular polymeric substances affect the responses of multi-species biofilms in the presence of sulfamethizole

(2018) Longfei Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Antibiotic resistance genes in phage particles isolated from human faeces and induced from clinical bacterial isolates

(2018) Maryury Brown-Jaque et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

A new classification scheme for periodontal and peri-implant diseases and conditions - Introduction and key changes from the 1999 classification

(2018) Jack G. Caton et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY

Bacterial biofilm and associated infections

(2018) Muhsin Jamal et al.   Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Genomic and Biochemical Characterization of Acinetobacter Podophage Petty Reveals a Novel Lysis Mechanism and Tail-Associated Depolymerase Activity

(2018) A. C. Hernandez-Morales et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Resistance Development to Bacteriophages Occurring during Bacteriophage Therapy

(2018) Frank Oechslin   Viruses-Basel

Bacterial Memory of Persisters: Bacterial Persister Cells Can Retain Their Phenotype for Days or Weeks After Withdrawal From Colony–Biofilm Culture

(2018) Saki Miyaue et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Antiadhesive and antibacterial properties of pillar[5]arene-based multilayers

(2018) Lucia Barbera et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Enzymes and Mechanisms Employed by Tailed Bacteriophages to Breach the Bacterial Cell Barriers

(2018) Sofia Fernandes et al.   Viruses-Basel

Phage-Borne Depolymerases Decrease Klebsiella pneumoniae Resistance to Innate Defense Mechanisms

(2018) Grazyna Majkowska-Skrobek et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Emerging technologies for long-term antimicrobial device coatings: advantages and limitations

(2017) Erika L Cyphert et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Antibiofilm agents: A new perspective for antimicrobial strategy

(2017) Xi-Hui Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

In Vitro Antimicrobial Efficacy of Tobramycin Against Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms in Combination With or Without DNase I and/or Dispersin B: A Preliminary Investigation

(2017) Charlene Babra Waryah et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Targeting microbial biofilms: current and prospective therapeutic strategies

(2017) Hyun Koo et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Strategies for combating bacterial biofilms: A focus on anti-biofilm agents and their mechanisms of action

(2017) Ranita Roy et al.   Virulence

Evaluation of Antimicrobial Durability and Anti-Biofilm Effects in Urinary Catheters Against Enterococcus faecalis Clinical Isolates and Reference Strains

(2017) Didem Kart et al.   Balkan Medical Journal

Identification and Characterization of Dpo42, a Novel Depolymerase Derived from the Escherichia coli Phage vB_EcoM_ECOO78

(2017) Zhimin Guo et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Synergistic Antimicrobial Interaction between Honey and Phage against Escherichia coli Biofilms

(2017) Ana Oliveira et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacteriophage-encoded depolymerases: their diversity and biotechnological applications

(2016) Diana P. Pires et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Synthetic antibiofilm peptides

(2016) César de la Fuente-Núñez et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Bactericidal, quorum quenching and anti-biofilm nanofactories: a new niche for nanotechnologists

(2016) Brahma N. Singh et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Escherichia colibiofilm: development and therapeutic strategies

(2016) G. Sharma et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Antibacterial and anticancerous drug loading kinetics for (10-x)CuO-xZnO-20CaO-60SiO2-10P2O5 (2 ≤ x ≤ 8) mesoporous bioactive glasses

(2016) Shikha Garg et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN MEDICINE

Selective labelling and eradication of antibiotic-tolerant bacterial populations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

(2016) Song Lin Chua et al.   Nature Communications

Exploiting Quorum Sensing Interfering Strategies in Gram-Negative Bacteria for the Enhancement of Environmental Applications

(2016) Weiwei Zhang et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Halogenated indoles eradicate bacterial persister cells and biofilms

(2016) Jin-Hyung Lee et al.   AMB Express

The Quorum Sensing Inhibitor Hamamelitannin Increases Antibiotic Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms by Affecting Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis and eDNA Release

(2016) Gilles Brackman et al.   Scientific Reports

Multiple Roles for Enterococcus faecalis Glycosyltransferases in Biofilm-Associated Antibiotic Resistance, Cell Envelope Integrity, and Conjugative Transfer

(2015) Jennifer L. Dale et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Aeromonas punctata derived depolymerase improves susceptibility of Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilm to gentamicin

(2015) Shruti Bansal et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteriophages and Phage-Derived Proteins – Application Approaches

(2015) Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Peptide therapeutics: current status and future directions

(2015) Keld Fosgerau et al.   DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY

Biofilm formation mechanisms and targets for developing antibiofilm agents

(2015) Nira Rabin et al.   Future Medicinal Chemistry

Surface-attached cells, biofilms and biocide susceptibility: implications for hospital cleaning and disinfection

(2015) J.A. Otter et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Healthcare-associated infections, medical devices and biofilms: risk, tolerance and control

(2015) S. L. Percival et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Usnic acid inhibits biofilm formation and virulent morphological traits of Candida albicans

(2015) Paramasivam Nithyanand et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Disrupting the mixed-species biofilm of Klebsiella pneumoniae B5055 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO using bacteriophages alone or in combination with xylitol

(2015) Sanjay Chhibber et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Material properties of biofilms—a review of methods for understanding permeability and mechanics

(2015) Nicole Billings et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Role of the Pre-neck Appendage Protein (Dpo7) from Phage vB_SepiS-phiIPLA7 as an Anti-biofilm Agent in Staphylococcal Species

(2015) Diana Gutiérrez et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Quercetin Influences Quorum Sensing in Food Borne Bacteria: In-Vitro and In-Silico Evidence

(2015) Venkadesaperumal Gopu et al.   PLoS One

A Broad-Spectrum Antibiofilm Peptide Enhances Antibiotic Action against Bacterial Biofilms

(2014) Fany Reffuveille et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The art of antibacterial warfare: Deception through interference with quorum sensing–mediated communication

(2014) Giordano Rampioni et al.   BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Propionibacterium acnes: from Commensal to Opportunistic Biofilm-Associated Implant Pathogen

(2014) Y. Achermann et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Novel approaches to combat bacterial biofilms

(2014) Christophe Beloin et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PHARMACOLOGY

Bacteriophages and their Enzymes in Biofilm Control

(2014) Benjamin Chan et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Application of bacteriophage-borne enzyme combined with chlorine dioxide on controlling bacterial biofilm

(2014) Zihan Chai et al.   LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Fungal Biofilms, Drug Resistance, and Recurrent Infection

(2014) J. V. Desai et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

The biofilm matrix destabilizers, EDTA and DNaseI, enhance the susceptibility of nontypeableHemophilus influenzaebiofilms to treatment with ampicillin and ciprofloxacin

(2014) Rosalia Cavaliere et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Bacterial Persister Cell Formation and Dormancy

(2013) Thomas K. Wood et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Inhibiting biofilm formation by Klebsiella pneumoniae B5055 using an iron antagonizing molecule and a bacteriophage

(2013) Sanjay Chhibber et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Silver Enhances Antibiotic Activity Against Gram-Negative Bacteria

(2013) J. R. Morones-Ramirez et al.   Science Translational Medicine

In VivoPharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics of Colistin and Imipenem in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Infection

(2012) Wang Hengzhuang et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Biofilm formation and exopolysaccharide (EPS) production by Cronobacter sakazakii depending on environmental conditions

(2012) Jin-Ho Jung et al.   FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Combinatorial discovery of polymers resistant to bacterial attachment

(2012) Andrew L Hook et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Toxicological studies on silver nanoparticles: challenges and opportunities in assessment, monitoring and imaging

(2011) Matthew Charles Stensberg et al.   Nanomedicine

The Pel Polysaccharide Can Serve a Structural and Protective Role in the Biofilm Matrix of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2011) Kelly M. Colvin et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Abolition of Biofilm Formation in Urinary Tract Escherichia coli and Klebsiella Isolates by Metal Interference through Competition for Fur

(2010) V. Hancock et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteriophage Ecology inEscherichia coliandPseudomonas aeruginosaMixed-Biofilm Communities

(2010) Matthew K. Kay et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Structural changes induced by a lytic bacteriophage make ciprofloxacin effective against older biofilm of Klebsiella pneumoniae

(2010) Vivek Verma et al.   BIOFOULING

Phage control of dual species biofilms ofPseudomonas fluorescensandStaphylococcus lentus

(2010) Sanna Sillankorva et al.   BIOFOULING

Bacteriophage tailspike proteins as molecular probes for sensitive and selective bacterial detection

(2010) Amit Singh et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Pseudomonas aeruginosabiofilms in cystic fibrosis

(2010) Niels Høiby et al.   Future Microbiology

The biofilm matrix

(2010) Hans-Curt Flemming et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

An antimicrobial modified silicone peritoneal catheter with activity against both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria

(2009) Roger Bayston et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Restricting ciprofloxacin-induced resistant variant formation in biofilm of Klebsiella pneumoniae B5055 by complementary bacteriophage treatment

(2009) V. Verma et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

How feasible is the biological control of coral diseases?

(2009) Max Teplitski et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy To Study Diffusion and Reaction of Bacteriophages inside Biofilms

(2008) R. Briandet et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Use of Phages for the Removal of Infectious Biofilms

(2008) J. Azeredo et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Human Host Defense Peptide LL-37 Prevents Bacterial Biofilm Formation

(2008) J. Overhage et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY