BUFFALO, N.Y. -- University at Buffalo scientists have discovered a promising new drug lead that works by inhibiting the sophisticated bacterial communication system called quorum sensing. The new ...

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is notorious for its role in food spoilage and infections, posing a significant threat to both food safety and human health. Traditionally, antimicrobial agents have been the go ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a highly adaptable bacterium that thrives in diverse environments and poses serious risks in healthcare settings. Its ability to form biofilms, evade immune responses, and ...

As antibiotic resistance accelerates, ESKAPE pathogens reveal how hospital superbugs survive treatment, spread across ...

PqsE is a putative metallohydrolase protein, which positively regulates pyocyanin biosynthesis as well as biofilm formation. The biosynthesis of pyoverdine can be positively impacted by the biofilm ...

It has been reported that the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) for biofilm bacteria are 10 to 1000 times higher than the corresponding values for ...

(left) NTU Senior Research Fellow Dr Haris Antypas from SCELSE, who is the first author of the paper, holding a coloured microscopy image of Enterococcus faecalis biofilm on his laptop; (right) ...

Biofilm formation by microorganisms represents a formidable hurdle in medical treatment due to their complex, structured communities encased in a self-generated extracellular matrix. This matrix ...

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have discovered how specific surface patterns on plastics used for medical devices can drastically reduce the ability of bacteria to attach and multiply, ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development occurs in five stages. 1. Reversible attachment: Cells transiently affix to substratum, and surface induced gene expression results in a protein profile ...