Biotechnological Applications of Quorum Sensing Inhibitors

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Inhibition of Quorum-Sensing: A New Paradigm in Controlling Bacterial Virulence and Biofilm Formation  (Aleksandra Ivanova, Kristina Ivanova, Tzanko Tzanov)....Pages 3-21
 Targeting Quorum Sensing Mediated Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms: A Proteolytic Approach  (Vipin Chandra Kalia, Shikha Koul, Subhasree Ray, Jyotsana Prakash)....Pages 23-32
 Alternative Strategies to Regulate Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation of Pathogenic Pseudomonas by Quorum Sensing Inhibitors of Diverse Origins  (P. Sankar Ganesh, V. Ravishankar Rai)....Pages 33-61
 Quorum Quenching and Biofilm Inhibition: Alternative Imminent Strategies to Control the Disease Cholera  (Lekshmi Narendrakumar, Bhaskar Das, Balasubramanian Paramasivan, Jayabalan Rasu, Sabu Thomas)....Pages 63-85
 Anti-biofilm Peptides: A New Class of Quorum Quenchers and Their Prospective Therapeutic Applications  (Akanksha Rajput, Manoj Kumar)....Pages 87-110
 Quorum Sensing Inhibition: A Target for Treating Chronic Wounds  (Lahari Das, Yogendra Singh)....Pages 111-126
 Efflux Pump-Mediated Quorum Sensing: New Avenues for Modulation of Antimicrobial Resistance and Bacterial Virulence  (Manjusha Lekshmi, Ammini Parvathi, Sanath Kumar, Manuel F. Varela)....Pages 127-142
 CRISPR-Cas Systems Regulate Quorum Sensing Genes and Alter Virulence in Bacteria  (Qinqin Pu, Min Wu)....Pages 143-150
 Developing Anti-virulence Chemotherapies by Exploiting the Diversity of Microbial Quorum Sensing Systems  (Basit Yousuf, Keika Adachi, Jiro Nakayama)....Pages 151-208
 Synergism Between Quorum Sensing Inhibitors and Antibiotics: Combating the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis  (Sahana Vasudevan, Shogan Sugumar Swamy, Gurmeet Kaur, S. Adline Princy, P. Balamurugan)....Pages 209-225
 Nanoparticles as Quorum Sensing Inhibitor: Prospects and Limitations  (Faizan Abul Qais, Mohammad Shavez Khan, Iqbal Ahmad)....Pages 227-244
 Nanotechnological Approaches in Quorum Sensing Inhibition  (A. Jamuna Bai, V. Ravishankar Rai)....Pages 245-261
 Bacterial-Mediated Biofouling: Fundamentals and Control Techniques  (Soumya Pandit, Shruti Sarode, Franklin Sargunaraj, Kuppam Chandrasekhar)....Pages 263-284
 Technological Developments in Quorum Sensing and Its Inhibition for Medical Applications  (Swapnil C. Kamble, Santoshkumar N. Patil)....Pages 285-307
 Combating Staphylococcal Infections Through Quorum Sensing Inhibitors  (Nishant Kumar, Hansita Gupta, Neha Dhasmana, Yogendra Singh)....Pages 309-325
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 Marine Biodiversity As a Resource for Bioactive Molecules As Inhibitors of Microbial Quorum Sensing Phenotypes  (Faseela Hamza, Smita Zinjarde)....Pages 329-350
 Quorum Sensing in Phytopathogenic Bacteria and Its Relevance in Plant Health  (Firoz Ahmad Ansari, Iqbal Ahmad)....Pages 351-370
 Scope of Pathogenesis-Related Proteins Produced by Plants in Interrupting Quorum Sensing Signaling  (Pratheep Chinnappan, Saisundar Rajan, Shaarath Thondanure, Leena Champalal, Pachaiappan Raman)....Pages 371-395
 Bioactive Phytochemicals Targeting Microbial Activities Mediated by Quorum Sensing  (Beatriz Ximena Valencia Quecán, Milagros Liseth Castillo Rivera, Uelinton Manoel Pinto)....Pages 397-416
 Quorum Sensing Interference by Natural Products from Medicinal Plants: Significance in Combating Bacterial Infection  (Mohammad Shavez Khan, Faizan Abul Qais, Iqbal Ahmad)....Pages 417-445
 Enzymatic Quorum Quenching for Virulence Attenuation of Phytopathogenic Bacteria  (Ashtaad Vesuna, Anuradha S. Nerurkar)....Pages 447-473