Microbial Biofilms in Host Immune Responses and Antimicrobial Therapy
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2024) | Viewed by 1929
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Various microorganisms often gravitate towards solid surfaces where they form biofilms as a strategy to protect themselves from environmental challenges and external toxic factors.
In this Special Issue, we invite papers from a broad range of disciplines focusing on microbial biofilms. In particular, we welcome research on host immune responses, antimicrobial therapy in animals and humans, and the behaviour of biofilms in different clinical settings. Our aim is to investigate the diversity in biofilm formation and biofilm–host interactions, and to identify disruption strategies that can be applied in different disciplines.
Dr. Mayri Alejandra Díaz De Rienzo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biofilms
- immune response
- antimicrobial resistance
- disruption
- quorum sensing
- host interactions
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