Biofilm Control and Antimicrobial Agents (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Sayen, S. M. Abu

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.This new book highlights some of the exciting research that has recently been done in the important and far-ranging field of biofilms and microbial agents. It discusses antimicrobial agents in relation to biofilm control and resistance. The book also introduces biofilm formation and mitigation st

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781482239492
• Artikelnr.: 40729664

Autorenporträt

Dr. S. M. Abu Sayem is an assistant professor in the Genetics and Biotechnology Department at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, and a research associate in the Department of Structural and Functional Biology at the University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy. He is a researcher and author, having published numerous peer-reviewed articles in the fields of structural biology, biofilms, and biotechnology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Potential Novel Therapeutic Strategies in Cystic Fibrosis:
Antimicrobial and Anti-Biofilm Activity of Natural and Designed ¿-Helical
Peptides Against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Dispersal of Biofilms by Secreted, Matrix
Degrading, Bacterial DNase. The RNA Processing Enzyme Polynucleotide
Phosphorylase Negatively Controls Biofilm Formation by Repressing
Poly-N-Acetylglucosamine (Pnag) Production in Escherichia coli C.
Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Streptococcus suis Biofilms and
Planktonic Cells That Identified Biofilm Infection-Related Immunogenic
Proteins. Anti-Biofilm Activity of an Exopolysaccharide from a
Sponge-Associated Strain of Bacillus licheniformis. Osteopontin Reduces
Biofilm Formation in a Multi-Species Model of Dental Biofilm. Impairment of
the Bacterial Biofilm Stability by Triclosan. Antimicrobial Pressure of
Ciprofloxacin and Gentamicin on Biofilm Development by an
Endoscope-Isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Inhibition of Staphylococcus
epidermidis Biofilm Formation by Traditional Thai Herbal Recipes Used for
Wound Treatment. In Vitro Assessment of Shiitake Mushroom (Lentinula edodes
) Extract for Its Antigingivitis Activity. Antimicrobial, Antimycobacterial
and Antibiofilm Properties of Couroupita guianensis Aubl. Fruit Extract.
Fur is a Repressor of Biofilm Formation in Yersinia pestis. Hsp90 Governs
Dispersion and Drug Resistance of Fungal Biofilms, Nicole Robbins. Candida
Biofilms and the Host: Models and New Concepts for Eradication. Innovative
Strategies to Overcome Biofilm Resistance. Index.