Hoisted by their own petard: do microbial enzymes hold the solution to treating and preventing biofilm infections?

Future Microbiol. 2018 Mar:13:395-398. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2017-0243. Epub 2018 Feb 14.
No abstract available

Keywords: biofilm; glycoside hydrolase; therapeutics.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents / metabolism
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Bacteria / enzymology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Bacterial Proteins / pharmacology*
  • Biofilms / drug effects*
  • Biofilms / growth & development
  • Extracellular Matrix / chemistry
  • Fungi / drug effects
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / pharmacology
  • Polysaccharide-Lyases / metabolism
  • Polysaccharide-Lyases / pharmacology
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Polysaccharides
  • Glycoside Hydrolases
  • Polysaccharide-Lyases