Can infectious biofilm be controlled by blocking bacterial communication?

Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 517-528

  Macedo, Alexandre José ^a   Abraham, Wolf Rainer ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Host pathogen interaction; Microbial community; Pilicides; Quorum quenching; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CURCUMIN; CYCLIC GMP; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; NATURAL PRODUCT; NITRIC OXIDE; PATULIN; PENICILLIC ACID; QUINOLONE;

AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 75749142692     PISSN: 15734064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340609790170515     Document Type: Review

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