Biofilm Control
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 15180
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antimicrobial agents; emerging antimicrobial strategies; antimicrobial resistance; biofilms; plant secondary metabolites
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Interests: computational enzymatic catalysis; QM/MM; docking; virtual screening; molecular dynamics simulations
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Interests: food hygiene and safety; natural antimicrobials; sustainable microbial control; beneficial microorganisms; biofilms; intercellular interactions and communication; bacterial stress adaptation; virulence and pathogenesis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
During the last three decades, the scientific community has provided solid evidence that the concept of microbial development, organization, and evolution as communities comprises the existence of self-organization and cooperativity among cells as a driving force in community development, rather than the classical natural selection of individual microorganisms. Such a level of microbial organization as sessile communities, also known as biofilms, provides inhabitant cells with the ability to survive in hostile environments. Biofilms are particularly critical in the medical and industrial sectors. The most common practice to eliminate unwanted biofilms is the application of antimicrobial agents. However, current practices often exhibit inefficacy in biofilm control. New molecules with novel mechanisms of action are required for effective biofilm control.
Collaborations for this Special Issue are expected to provide advances on biofilm control through the prevention of biofilm formation, the use of antimicrobial agents to treat existing biofilms, and/or the development of novel strategies to disrupt the polymeric ties that bind the biofilm cells together (quorum quenchers; disruptors of extracellular polymeric substances, etc.).
Dr. Manuel V. Simões
Dr. Sérgio F. Sousa
Dr. Efstathios D. Giaouris
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Antimicrobials
- Biofilm control
- Medicinal chemistry
- Pilicides
- Quorum sensing inhibition
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