aBiofilm: a resource of anti-biofilm agents and their potential implications in targeting antibiotic drug resistance

• Published in: Nucleic acids research Vol. 46; no. D1; pp. D894 - D900
• Main Authors: Rajput, Akanksha, Thakur, Anamika, Sharma, Shivangi, Kumar, Manoj
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 04.01.2018
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Anti-Infective Agents - pharmacology; Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use; Antifungal Agents - pharmacology; Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use; Bacteria - drug effects; Biofilms - drug effects; Data Curation; Data Display; Database Issue; Databases, Chemical; Drug Delivery Systems; Drug Discovery; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Fungi - drug effects; Information Storage and Retrieval; Microbiota - drug effects; Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship; Quorum Sensing

Abstract Biofilms play an important role in the antibiotic drug resistance, which is threatening public health globally. Almost, all microbes mimic multicellular lifestyle to form biofilm by undergoing phenotypic changes to adapt adverse environmental conditions. Many anti-biofilm agents have been e...