Bacterial Biofilm, Genomics and Virulence
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2024) | Viewed by 2892
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biofilm; quorum sensing; seafood; food safety; food microbiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The formation of biofilm is a survival strategy for bacteria and fungi to adapt to their living environment, especially in a hostile environment. Under the protection of biofilm, microbial cells in biofilm become tolerant and resistant to antibiotics and immune responses, which increases difficulties for the clinical treatment of biofilm infections. Despite the enormous efforts of academic researchers, clinicians, and industry in recent years, many biofilm pathogenesis mechanisms remain unanswered. Hence, it is imperative to develop new strategies to control biofilm infections.
This Special Issue will summarize the latest progress in the treatment of biofilm infections and scientific investigations, discuss the diagnosis and treatment of different biofilm infections, and introduce promising laboratory progress, which may contribute to the prevention or cure of biofilm infections.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Bacterial biofilm formation and biofilm pathogenesis;
- Biofilm tolerance to antimicrobials;
- The detection of biofilm infections;
- Host–biofilm interactions;
- The role of biofilms in clinical infection;
- The discovery and evaluation of antibiofilm agents.
Dr. Md. Furkanur Rahaman Mizan
Dr. Vikash Chandra Roy
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biofilm
- virulence
- antibiofilm agents
- antimicrobials
- host–biofilm interactions
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