In search of alternative antibiotic drugs: Quorum-quenching activity in sponges and their bacterial isolates

In search of alternative antibiotic drugs: Quorum-quenching activity in sponges and their bacterial isolates

Owing to the extensive development of drug resistance in pathogens against the available antibiotic arsenal, antimicrobial resistance is now an emerging major threat to public healthcare. Anti-virulence drugs are a new type of therapeutic agent aiming at virulence factors rather than killing the pat...

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Main Authors: Kumar eSaurav, Rinat eBar-Shalom, Markus eHaber, Ilia eBurgsdorf, Giorgia eOliviero, Valeria eCostantino, David eMorgenstern, Laura eSteindler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Porifera
Quorum Sensing
biofilm inhibition
anti-virulence
pyocyanin
Pesudomonas aeruginosa
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00416/full

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