Biotechnological applications of quorum sensing inhibitors. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vipin Chandra Kalia, editor.
• Editors: Kalia, Vipin Chandra
• Contents: A. Human Health -- Inhibition of Quorum-sensing: a new paradigm in controlling bacterial virulence and biofilm formation -- Targeting Quorum Sensing Mediated Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms: A Proteolytic Approach -- Alternative strategies for control of quorum sensing and biofilm formation of pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa by plant, marine and synthetic based quorum sensing inhibitors -- Quorum Quenching and Biofilm Inhibition: Alternative imminent strategies to control the disease Cholera -- Anti-biofilm peptides: A new class of quorum quenchers and their prospective therapeutic applications -- Quorum sensing inhibition: A target for treating chronic wounds -- Efflux pump-mediated quorum sensing--new avenues for modulation of antimicrobial resistance and bacterial virulence -- CRISPR-Cas systems regulate quorum sensing genes and alter virulence in bacteria -- Developing Anti-virulence Chemotherapies by Exploiting the Diversity of Microbial Quorum Sensing Systems -- Synergism between quorum sensing inhibitors and antibiotics: Combating the antibiotic resistance crisis -- Nanoparticles as quorum sensing inhibitor: Prospects and limitations -- Nanotechnological Approaches in Quorum sensing Inhibition -- Bacterial-mediated biofouling: Fundamentals and control techniques -- Technological developments in quorum sensing and its inhibition for medical applications -- Combating Staphylococcal Infections Through Quorum Sensing Inhibitors. B. Plant Health -- Marine biodiversity as a resource for bioactive molecules as inhibitors of microbial quorum sensing phenotypes -- Quorum Sensing in plant pathogenic bacteria and its relevance in plant health -- Scope of pathogenesis-related proteins produced by plants in interrupting quorum sensing signaling -- Bioactive phytochemicals targeting microbial activities mediated by quorum sensing -- Quorum sensing interference by natural products from medicinal plants: Significance in combating bacterial infection -- Enzymatic Quorum Quenching for Virulence Attenuation of Phytopathogenic Bacteria.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 660.6/2; Quorum sensing (Microbiology); Biotechnology; SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- Industrial & Technical; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical; Biotechnology; Quorum sensing (Microbiology); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811090264; 9811090262
• Related ISBNs: 9789811090257; 9811090254
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 6, 2018).
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