New Insights on Biofilm Antimicrobial Strategies, 3rd Volume
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Antibiofilm Strategies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 1471
Special Issue Editors
2. LABBELS–Associate Laboratory, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
Interests: bacteriophages biofilms; prophagesstap hylococci; Helicobacter pylori
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Interests: multispecies biofilms; antibiotic agents; nucleic acid mimics; fluorescence in situ hybridization; human microbiota
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This is the 3rd edition of the Special Issue “New Insights on Biofilm Antimicrobial Strategies”. The use of antimicrobial agents is a common practice in a diverse array of settings (human and animal health, food industry, agriculture, farming, etc.). However, this practice has led to the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, namely on biofilms. Biofilms are communities of microorganisms embedded within a self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substances. In addition to the biofilm matrix, biofilms are composed of cells with different physiologies and phenotypes. Both biofilm cells and matrix are involved in biofilm tolerance and resistance to antibiotics.
Hence, it is crucial to develop new and alternative strategies to detect, control, prevent or treat prejudicial biofilms.
The issue welcomes various submission types, such as original research papers, short communications, reviews, and perspectives.
Potential topics for this Special Issue include but are not limited to different antifouling strategies:
- Phages or phage-derived enzymes;
- Use of physical approaches (photoporation; sonoporation);
- Development of antimicrobial peptides or nucleic acid mimics;
- Use of natural products;
- Modification of surfaces to prevent biofilm formation;
- Combinations of antimicrobial agents with a synergistic effect;
- Development of technologies for the detection of single copy resistance genes (or eventually other virulence genes) in biofilms.
The articles published in this Special Issue should contribute to the successful treatment and control of resistant bacterial biofilms.
You are welcome to read the papers published in the two previous Special Issues:
New Insights on Biofilm Antimicrobial Strategies
New Insights on Biofilm Antimicrobial Strategies, 2nd Volume
Dr. Luís Melo
Dr. Andreia S. Azevedo
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Antibiotics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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