Marine Anti-Biofilm Agents
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2020) | Viewed by 503
Special Issue Editors
Interests: carbohydrate analysis; mass spectrometry; NMR; bacterial surface glycans
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Interests: cold-adapted bacteria; biofilm; recombinant protein production; microbial metabolism; bioactive molecule discovery
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine environments are always attractive for the search of new bioactive compounds, which can be useful for health improvement and the treatment of various diseases. In the last years, huge attention has been devoted to antimicrobial agents, due to the increase of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The rapid emergence of resistant bacteria is occurring worldwide, endangering the efficacy of antibiotics. One of the main causes of antibiotic resistance is the capability of microorganisms to associate into communities of cells called biofilms. These complex structures provide protection from potential stressors, including toxic substances such as antibiotics and antimicrobials. Accordingly, the strategies adopted to treat challenging infections are rapidly changing, concurrently with the increasing understanding of biofilms’ structures and functions. Nonetheless, the prevention of biofilm formation and the treatment of existing biofilms are currently a difficult challenge. Therefore, coordinated efforts to expand the arsenal of anti-infective treatments with anti-biofilm agents are greatly needed.
In this context, the scientific community is striving to find new anti-biofilm compounds.
As Guest Editors of the Special Issue entitled “Marine Anti-Biofilm Agents”, we invite researchers to describe recent advances in all the aspects of marine anti-biofilm compounds, such as their isolation, structural characterization, synthesis, and modes of action.
Prof. Dr. Maria Michela Corsaro
Prof. Dr. Ermenegilda Parrilli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Anti-Biofilm molecules
- Marine microorganisms
- Secondary metabolites
- Bioactive polymers
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