Tag: quorum sensing

Researchers have identified the receptor Rsd1 as the farnesol sensor that governs fungal spore dormancy and discovered that soil bacteria ...

New research shows that OSA-type lipopolysaccharide and Las quorum sensing protect Pseudomonas aeruginosa from phagocytosis and extracellular killing by Dictyostelium ...

Green-synthesized magnesium oxide nanoparticles made with Capsicum annuum extract disrupted biofilms and virulence-gene expression in multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus and reduced ...

A dual-action nanocomposite pairing the quorum-quenching enzyme Est816 with silver nanoparticles reshaped caries-associated biofilms from 30 children, cutting cariogenic genera ...

For decades, scientists have pursued a seductive idea in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria: instead of killing pathogens outright, simply ...

A comprehensive review finds that beta-lactam–macrolide combination therapy shows its clearest benefit in severe community-acquired pneumonia, while most proposed synergy ...

Researchers have engineered Bacillus subtilis to secrete yeast mating pheromone, triggering a fluorescent response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and establishing the ...

Regulatory scientists at the UK's MHRA argue that unstandardised biofilm methods and unclear evidence pathways are stalling anti-biofilm innovation, and ...

A computational study combining density functional theory and multi-target molecular docking finds that the Panax notoginseng compound notoginsenoside L1 binds ...

Scientists isolated an endophytic Aspergillus niger fungus from the desert shrub Deverra tortuosa whose extract shows broad antimicrobial, antibiofilm, antioxidant ...