Developing natural products as potential anti-biofilm agents

• Main Authors: Lan Lu (Author), Wei Hu (Author), Zeru Tian (Author), Dandan Yuan (Author), Guojuan Yi (Author), Yangyang Zhou (Author), Qiang Cheng (Author), Jie Zhu (Author), Mingxing Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Biofilm is a natural form of bacterial growth ubiquitously in environmental niches. The biofilm formation results in increased resistance to negative environmental influences including resistance to antibiotics and antimicrobial agents. Quorum sensing (QS) is cell-to-cell communication mech...