4.4 Review

Efflux pumps and microbial biofilm formation

Related references

Note: Only part of the references are listed.
Review Infectious Diseases

An Explorative Review on Advanced Approaches to Overcome Bacterial Resistance by Curbing

F. Mohamad et al.

Summary: The emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens has led to the development of innovative approaches targeting unique virulence factors. Biofilm formation, a crucial virulence factor, reduces the efficacy of antibiotics and evades host immunity. This review discusses the link between biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance, as well as innovative approaches to combat biofilms using natural compounds, phages, antimicrobial photodynamic therapy, gene editing, and nano-mediated techniques.

INFECTION AND DRUG RESISTANCE (2023)

Review Microbiology

Recent Advances in the Siderophore Biology of Shewanella

Lulu Liu et al.

Summary: Iron acquisition is a challenge for life due to the insolubility of ferric iron in oxic environments. Microbes have evolved multiple strategies, such as siderophore secretion, to overcome this challenge. Shewanella bacteria, capable of respiratory processes, rely on iron proteins for their physiology and use a single siderophore biosynthetic system to produce various siderophores.

FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY (2022)

Article Microbiology

Role of Efflux Pump-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance in Quorum Sensing-Regulated Biofilm Formation by Salmonella Typhimurium

Jirapat Dawan et al.

Summary: This study assesses the influence of efflux pump activity on biofilm formation in Salmonella Typhimurium and finds that the efflux pump inhibitor PA beta N can enhance the antimicrobial and anti-biofilm efficacy of antibiotics.

PATHOGENS (2022)

Review Infectious Diseases

Emerging Concern with Imminent Therapeutic Strategies for Treating Resistance in Biofilm

Ramendra Pati Pandey et al.

Summary: This review elaborates on the different factors influencing the formation of bacterial biofilms and the emergence of biofilm-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance as a global threat. It also discusses various approaches, including surface modifications and the use of nanoparticles, for combatting biofilm resistance and enabling drug discovery.

ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL (2022)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Silver and Copper Nanoparticles Induce Oxidative Stress in Bacteria and Mammalian Cells

Thelma Ameh et al.

Summary: Silver and copper nanoparticles coated with stabilizing moieties induce oxidative stress in both bacteria and mammalian cells, and have potential antibacterial activity. Understanding the differential toxicities of silver and copper nanoparticles against bacteria and mammalian cells is important for improving infection interventions.

NANOMATERIALS (2022)

Review Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Efflux pump inhibitors: new updates

Manaf AlMatar et al.

Summary: The discovery of antibiotics did not completely solve the issue of bacterial infections, instead leading to bacterial resistance through mechanisms such as efflux pumps. Inhibiting efflux pumps could potentially enhance antibiotic activity, especially with the challenges of discovering novel antibiotics.

PHARMACOLOGICAL REPORTS (2021)

Article Infectious Diseases

Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections in Geriatric Hospitalized Patients before and after the COVID-19 Outbreak: Results from a Retrospective Observational Study in Two Geriatric Wards

Beatrice Gasperini et al.

Summary: The study found an increased number of multidrug-resistant bacteria in bloodstream and higher mortality rates after multidrug-resistant infection in the post-COVID-19 period.

ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL (2021)

Article Microbiology

Novel Genes Required for Surface-Associated Motility in Acinetobacter baumannii

Ulrike Blaschke et al.

Summary: Acinetobacter baumannii is a critical priority pathogen for new antibiotic development, and it displays surface motility through twitching and surface-associated mechanisms. Mutated genes involved in biosynthesis, stress metabolism, RNA modification, and competence impact different phenotypes in strain-specific and species-specific ways, highlighting the importance of comparative analysis in studying gene functions and motility mechanisms in A. baumannii.

CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY (2021)

Article Immunology

Staphylococcus aureus Tet38 Efflux Pump Structural Modeling and Roles of Essential Residues in Drug Efflux and Host Cell Internalization

Q. C. Truong-Bolduc et al.

Summary: The Staphylococcus aureus Tet38 membrane protein plays distinct roles in drug efflux and host cell attachment, with key amino acids identified for these functions through mutagenesis and structural modeling. Tet38 is shown to have 14 transmembrane segments and specific amino acid residues crucial for tetracycline resistance and interaction with CD36 during host cell internalization.

INFECTION AND IMMUNITY (2021)

Article Microbiology

Effect of Spermidine on Biofilm Formation in Escherichia coli K-12

Kullathida Thongbhubate et al.

Summary: Polyamines are essential for biofilm formation in Escherichia coli, with spermidine being the primary stimulator. Putrescine and cadaverine do not have the same effect. The absence of PotD inhibits biofilm formation, even when spermidine is synthesized inside the cells from putrescine. These findings are crucial for developing novel therapies against biofilm-forming pathogens.

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Analyzing microalgal biofilm structures formed under different light conditions by evaluating cell-cell interactions

Hao Yuan et al.

Summary: The study investigates the structures of microalgal biofilms formed under different light conditions, revealing that white light leads to biofilms with high porosity and roughness, while red and blue lights result in biofilms with low porosity. Different photoperiods also contribute to variations in biofilm structures.

JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE (2021)

Review Immunology

Microbiome or Infections: Amyloid-Containing Biofilms as a Trigger for Complex Human Diseases

Amanda L. Miller et al.

Summary: The human microbiota is a complex community of microorganisms, with the gut microbiota mainly composed of bacteria. Changes in bacterial species and biofilms within the gut microbiome can impact the progression of various human diseases. Bacterial amyloid curli, found within biofilms of commensal and pathogenic bacteria, may contribute to inflammatory processes in complex human diseases.

FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY (2021)

Article Infectious Diseases

Pseudomonas aeruginosa mexR and mexEF Antibiotic Efflux Pump Variants Exhibit Increased Virulence

Mylene Vaillancourt et al.

Summary: The study shows that mutations affecting efflux pumps can directly increase P. aeruginosa virulence. Mutations in different efflux pump systems affect the toxic behavior of P. aeruginosa differently. Using an efflux pump inhibitor can dose-dependently increase the expression of rhamnolipid genes.

ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL (2021)

Editorial Material Microbiology

Bacterial Metal Resistance: Coping with Copper without Cooperativity?

Nicholas P. Greene et al.

Summary: The study shows that the three monomers within the CusA trimer can function independently in the presence of copper, contrary to the cooperative mechanism proposed for the multidrug exporting transporter. This provides a basis for further research on TEPs important for bacterial survival.
Review Cell Biology

Biofilms by bacterial human pathogens: Clinical relevance - development, composition and regulation - therapeutical strategies

Adina Schulze et al.

Summary: Bacterial biofilm formation is increasingly recognized as a passive virulence factor in infectious disease processes. This review focuses on biofilms formed by human pathogens, particularly examining those of Vibrio cholerae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus spp., and discussing therapeutic intervention strategies targeting biofilms.

MICROBIAL CELL (2021)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Salmonella Typhimurium biofilm disruption by a human antibody that binds a pan-amyloid epitope on curli

Sarah A. Tursi et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

Article Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science

Role of LsrR in the regulation of antibiotic sensitivity in avian pathogenic Escherichia coli

Lumin Yu et al.

POULTRY SCIENCE (2020)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Local and Universal Action: The Paradoxes of Indole Signalling in Bacteria

Ashraf Zarkan et al.

TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY (2020)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Biofilm Matrixome: Extracellular Components in Structured Microbial Communities

L. Karygianni et al.

TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY (2020)

Review Microbiology

(p)ppGpp and Its Role in Bacterial Persistence: New Challenges

Olga Pacios et al.

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2020)

Review Microbiology

Function, Evolution, and Composition of the RpoS Regulon inEscherichia coli

Herb E. Schellhorn

FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY (2020)

Review Microbiology

Secondary Effects of Antibiotics on Microbial Biofilms

Anahit Penesyan et al.

FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY (2020)

Article Infectious Diseases

The Role of Efflux Pumps in the Transition from Low-Level to Clinical Antibiotic Resistance

Anna Elisabeth Ebbensgaard et al.

ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL (2020)

Review Infectious Diseases

Bacterial Biofilm and its Role in the Pathogenesis of Disease

Lene K. Vestby et al.

ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL (2020)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Distribution of reactive oxygen species defense mechanisms across domain bacteria

Lisa A. Johnson et al.

FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE (2019)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Clarifying the Link between Toxin-Antitoxin Modules and Bacterial Persistence

Severin Ronneau et al.

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (2019)

Article Infectious Diseases

Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria and Alternative Methods to Control Them: An Overview

Roberto Vivas et al.

MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE (2019)

Review Microbiology

Bacterial quorum sensing in complex and dynamically changing environments

Sampriti Mukherjee et al.

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY (2019)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

A microbiota-generated bile salt induces biofilm formation in Clostridium difficile

Thomas Dubois et al.

NPJ BIOFILMS AND MICROBIOMES (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

CRISPR interference to interrogate genes that control biofilm formation in Pseudomonas fluorescens

Marie-Francoise Noirot-Gros et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2019)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Single microcolony diffusion analysis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Jagadish Sankaran et al.

NPJ BIOFILMS AND MICROBIOMES (2019)

Article Medicine, Research & Experimental

Analysis of multidrug-resistant bacteria in 3223 patients with hospital-acquired infections (HAI) from a tertiary general hospital in China

Meng Wang et al.

BOSNIAN JOURNAL OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES (2019)

Article Microbiology

Regulation of the AcrAB-TolC efflux pump in Enterobacteriaceae

Natasha Weston et al.

RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY (2018)

Article Chemistry, Medicinal

Kinetic Control of Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Multidrug Efflux Pumps

David Wolloscheck et al.

ACS INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2018)

Article Microbiology

Adaptation of Salmonella enterica to bile: essential role of AcrAB-mediated efflux

Veronica Urdaneta et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (2018)

Review Infectious Diseases

Role of bacterial efflux pumps in biofilm formation

Ilyas Alav et al.

JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (2018)

Review Microbiology

Multidrug efflux pumps: structure, function and regulation

Dijun Du et al.

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY (2018)

Review Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Towards standardized mechanical characterization of microbial biofilms: analysis and critical review

Heloise Boudarel et al.

NPJ BIOFILMS AND MICROBIOMES (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Utilization of rare codon-rich markers for screening amino acid overproducers

Bo Zheng et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2018)

Review Infectious Diseases

Antibiotic resistance: a rundown of a global crisis

Bilal Aslam et al.

INFECTION AND DRUG RESISTANCE (2018)

Review Microbiology

Persistent bacterial infections and persister cells

Robert A. Fisher et al.

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY (2017)

Article Surgery

Optimization of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy in Biofilms by Inhibiting Efflux Pump

Tatiana Maria Starck Fogaca de Aguiar Coletti et al.

PHOTOMEDICINE AND LASER SURGERY (2017)

Article Immunology

Contribution of the A-baumannii A1S_0114 Gene to the Interaction with Eukaryotic Cells and Virulence

Soraya Rumbo-Feal et al.

FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY (2017)

Review Immunology

Host Response to Staphylococcus epidermidis Colonization and Infections

Thuan H. Nguyen et al.

FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY (2017)

Review Microbiology

Molecular mechanisms of biofilm-based antibiotic resistance and tolerance in pathogenic bacteria

Clayton W. Hall et al.

FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS (2017)

Review Immunology

Dental biofilm infections - an update

Tove Larsen et al.

APMIS (2017)

Review Microbiology

Biofilm, pathogenesis and prevention-a journey to break the wall: a review

Priya Gupta et al.

ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY (2016)

Review Microbiology

The biogeography of polymicrobial infection

Apollo Stacy et al.

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY (2016)

Review Microbiology

Quorum-Sensing Mechanisms and Bacterial Response to Antibiotics in P. aeruginosa

Tsiry Rasamiravaka et al.

CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY (2016)

Article Cell Biology

Dynamic cell-matrix interactions modulate microbial biofilm and tissue 3D microenvironments

Hyun Koo et al.

CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY (2016)

Article Microbiology

Efflux pump induction by quaternary ammonium compounds and fluoroquinolone resistance in bacteria

Sylvie Buffet-Bataillon et al.

FUTURE MICROBIOLOGY (2016)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

The Role of Efflux and Physiological Adaptation in Biofilm Tolerance and Resistance

Heleen Van Acker et al.

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2016)

Review Oncology

Current methods for the identification of carbapenemases

Abed Zahedi Bialvaei et al.

JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY (2016)

Article Immunology

Gentamicin induces efaA expression and biofilm formation in Enterococcus faecalis

Hossein Samadi Kafil et al.

MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS (2016)

Review Microbiology

Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life

Hans-Curt Flemming et al.

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY (2016)

Review Microbiology

Quorum sensing signal-response systems in Gram-negative bacteria

Kai Papenfort et al.

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY (2016)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa efflux pump MexGHI-OpmD transports a natural phenazine that controls gene expression and biofilm development

Hassan Sakhtah et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2016)

Review Microbiology

Multidrug Efflux Pumps at the Crossroad between Antibiotic Resistance and Bacterial Virulence

Manuel Alcalde-Rico et al.

FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY (2016)

Review Infectious Diseases

Biofilm-specific antibiotic tolerance and resistance

I. Olsen

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2015)

Review Chemistry, Medicinal

Biofilm formation mechanisms and targets for developing antibiofilm agents

Nira Rabin et al.

FUTURE MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY (2015)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Dimeric c-di-GMP Is Required for Post-translational Regulation of Alginate Production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

John C. Whitney et al.

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2015)

Review Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine

Effects of Material Properties on Bacterial Adhesion and Biofilm Formation

F. Song et al.

JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH (2015)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Regulation of gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa M18 by phenazine-1-carboxylic acid

Xilin Du et al.

APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (2015)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Bacterial multidrug efflux pumps: Mechanisms, physiology and pharmacological exploitations

Jingjing Sun et al.

BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS (2014)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Bacterial Persisters

Etienne Maisonneuve et al.

Article Infectious Diseases

Impact of quinolone-resistance acquisition on biofilm production and fitness in Salmonella enterica

Anna Fabrega et al.

JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (2014)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

TolC Promotes ExPEC Biofilm Formation and Curli Production in Response to Medium Osmolarity

Bo Hou et al.

BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL (2014)

Article Microbiology

Protoporphyrin (PPIX) efflux by the MacAB-TolC pump in Escherichia coli

Evelyne Turlin et al.

MICROBIOLOGYOPEN (2014)

Article Immunology

Genomic Definition of Hypervirulent and Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Clonal Groups

Suzanne Bialek-Davenet et al.

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2014)

Review Infectious Diseases

The polymicrobial nature of biofilm infection

R. Wolcott et al.

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION (2013)

Article Engineering, Environmental

Surface Cell Density Effects on Escherichia coli Gene Expression during Cell Attachment

Meagan Mauter et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (2013)

Article Pathology

Adhesion and virulence factor properties of Enterococci isolated from clinical samples in Iran

Hossein Samadi Kafil et al.

INDIAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY (2013)

Review Microbiology

Swarming: Flexible Roaming Plans

Jonathan D. Partridge et al.

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY (2013)

Article Materials Science, Biomaterials

The surface charge of anti-bacterial coatings alters motility and biofilm architecture

Olena Rzhepishevska et al.

BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE (2013)

Review Microbiology

RND multidrug efflux pumps: what are they good for?

Carolina Alvarez-Ortega et al.

FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY (2013)

Review Microbiology

Regulation of flagellar motility during biofilm formation

Sarah B. Guttenplan et al.

FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS (2013)

Article Microbiology

Regulation of RamA by RamR in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium: Isolation of a RamR Superrepressor

Vito Ricci et al.

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2012)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Molecular Basis of In Vivo Biofilm Formation by Bacterial Pathogens

Hwang-Soo Joo et al.

CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY (2012)

Article Microbiology

Involvement of Curl Fimbriae in the Biofilm Formation of Enterobacter cloacae

Sung-Min Kim et al.

JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY (2012)

Review Microbiology

Should we stay or should we go: mechanisms and ecological consequences for biofilm dispersal

Diane McDougald et al.

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY (2012)

Article Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine

The effects of hyperosmosis or high pH on a dual-species biofilm of Enterococcus faecalis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: an in vitro study

S. V. van der Waal et al.

INTERNATIONAL ENDODONTIC JOURNAL (2011)

Article Microbiology

Indole Transport across Escherichia coli Membranes

S. Pinero-Fernandez et al.

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY (2011)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

The Multidrug Efflux Pump MdtEF Protects against Nitrosative Damage during the Anaerobic Respiration in Escherichia coli

Yiliang Zhang et al.

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2011)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Physicochemical regulation of biofilm formation

Lars D. Renner et al.

MRS BULLETIN (2011)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Membrane Topology of Outer Membrane Protein AlgE, Which Is Required for Alginate Production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Iain D. Hay et al.

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (2010)

Review Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Molecular mechanisms of compounds affecting bacterial biofilm formation and dispersal

Paolo Landini et al.

APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (2010)

Review Microbiology

The biofilm matrix

Hans-Curt Flemming et al.

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY (2010)

Review Microbiology

Indole as an intercellular signal in microbial communities

Jin-Hyung Lee et al.

FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS (2010)

Article Microbiology

Azithromycin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms: Bactericidal Activity and Selection of nfxB Mutants

Xavier Mulet et al.

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2009)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Increased Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli in Mature Biofilms

Akinobu Ito et al.

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (2009)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Nickel Promotes Biofilm Formation by Escherichia coli K-12 Strains That Produce Curli

Claire Perrin et al.

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (2009)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Regulation and physiological function of multidrug efflux pumps in Escherichia coli and Salmonella

Kunihiko Nishino et al.

BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS (2009)

Review Microbiology

Principles of c-di-GMP signalling in bacteria

Regine Hengge

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY (2009)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

A coordinated network of transporters with overlapping specificities provides a robust survival strategy

Nir Tal et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2009)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

A Putative ABC Transporter Is Involved in Negative Regulation of Biofilm Formation by Listeria monocytogenes

Xinna Zhu et al.

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (2008)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Inactivation of Efflux Pumps Abolishes Bacterial Biofilm Formation

Malin Kvist et al.

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (2008)

Article Microbiology

Involvement of a novel efflux system in biofilm-specific resistance to antibiotics

Li Zhang et al.

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY (2008)

Review Microbiology

Physiological heterogeneity in biofilms

Philip S. Stewart et al.

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY (2008)

Article Microbiology

Identification of a spermidine excretion protein complex (MdtJl) in Escherichia coli

Kyohei Higashi et al.

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY (2008)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Functional characteristics of TauA binding protein from TauABC Escherichia coli system

Cedric Javaux et al.

PROTEIN JOURNAL (2007)

Review Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Bacterial cell attachment, the beginning of a biofilm

Jon Palmer et al.

JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY (2007)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

The phenazine pyocyanin is a terminal signalling factor in the quorum sensing network of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Lars E. P. Dietrich et al.

MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY (2006)

Review Microbiology

Multidrug-resistance efflux pumps - not just for resistance

Laura J. V. Piddock

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY (2006)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Alg44, a unique protein required for alginate biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Uwe Remminghorst et al.

FEBS LETTERS (2006)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Bacterially speaking

BL Bassler et al.

Review Microbiology

Pathogenesis of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli infection

SM Harrington et al.

FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS (2006)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Bile acids stimulate biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae

DT Hung et al.

MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY (2006)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Escherichia coli K-12: a cooperatively developed annotation snapshot - 2005

M Riley et al.

NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH (2006)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Bacterial efflux systems and efflux pumps inhibitors

B Marquez

BIOCHIMIE (2005)

Article Microbiology

Molecular basis of azithromycin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

RJ Gillis et al.

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2005)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Differential gene expression profiling of Staphylococcus aureus cultivated under biofilm and planktonic conditions

A Resch et al.

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (2005)

Article Microbiology

Identification of rcnA (yohM), a nickel and cobalt resistance gene in Escherichia coli

A Rodrigue et al.

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY (2005)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Indole induces the expression of multidrug exporter genes in Escherichia coli

H Hirakawa et al.

MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY (2005)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Pseudomonas aeruginosa attachment and biofilm development in dynamic environments

MM Ramsey et al.

MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY (2004)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Quantitative biofilm assay using a microtiter plate to screen for enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

N Wakimoto et al.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE (2004)

Article Microbiology

Characterization of the Escherichia coli AaeAB efflux pump:: A metabolic relief valve?

TK Van Dyk et al.

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY (2004)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Structure andfunction of tolC: The bacterial exit duct for proteins and drugs

V Koronakis et al.

ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOCHEMISTRY (2004)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

A genetic basis for Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm antibiotic resistance

TF Mah et al.

NATURE (2003)

Article Infectious Diseases

Biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa:: role of the C4-HSL cell-to-cell signal and inhibition by azithromycin

S Favre-Bonté et al.

JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (2003)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa wild type, flagella and type IV pili mutants

M Klausen et al.

MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY (2003)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

The biofilm matrix

DG Allison

BIOFOULING (2003)

Article Microbiology

YfiK from Escherichia coli promotes export of O-acetylserine and cysteine

I Franke et al.

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY (2003)

Article Infectious Diseases

The importance of efflux pumps in bacterial antibiotic resistance

MA Webber et al.

JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (2003)

Review Microbiology

Bacterial motility on a surface: Many ways to a common goal

RM Harshey

ANNUAL REVIEW OF MICROBIOLOGY (2003)

Review Immunology

Biofilms: Microbial life on surfaces

RM Donlan

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2002)

Article Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine

Novel sucrose-dependent adhesion co-factors in Streptococcus mutans

L Tao et al.

JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH (2002)

Review Microbiology

Is there a role for quorum sensing signals in bacterial biofilms?

S Kjelleberg et al.

CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY (2002)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Control of the AcrAB multidrug efflux pump by quorum-sensing regulator SdiA

S Rahmati et al.

MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY (2002)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Roles for Fis and YafK in biofilm formation by enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

J Sheikh et al.

MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY (2001)

Article Microbiology

Alginate overproduction affects Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm structure and function

M Hentzer et al.

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY (2001)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Biofilms: Their impact on health and their recalcitrance toward biocides

P Gilbert et al.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL (2001)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Mechanisms of biofilm resistance to antimicrobial agents

TFC Mah et al.

TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY (2001)

Review Microbiology

A functional-phylogenetic classification system for transmembrane solute transporters

MH Saier

MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS (2000)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Expression of the multiple antibiotic resistance operon (mar) during growth of Escherichia coli as a biofilm

T Maira-Litrán et al.

JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY (2000)