The Battle Against Microbial Pathogens: Basic Science, Technological Advances and Educational Programs

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The Battle Against Microbial Pathogens:

Basic Science, Technological Advances and Educational Programs

FORMATEX Microbiology Series N° 5

VOL. 1

Edited by

A. Méndez-Vilas

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Introduction………... XIII

Antimicrobial Natural Products

Antibacterial efficacy of Rosmarinus officinalis phytochemicals against nosocomial multidrug-resistant bacteria grown in planktonic culture and biofilm

S. Moreno, E.M. Galván, N. Vázquez, G. Fiorilli and P.A. Cáceres Guido……….. 3-8 Antifungal activity of leaf and bark extracts from Brazilian mangrove plants

M.R. Oliveira Silva and N. Buarque Gusmão……… 9-14 Antimicrobial abietane diterpenoids against resistant bacteria and biofilms

Í. Neto, C. Faustino and P. Rijo……….. 15-26 Antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of pigments synthesized from microorganisms

Gözde Konuray and Zerrin Erginkaya………... 27-33 Antimicrobial and synergistic effects of some essential oils to fight against microbial

pathogens – a review

Hemali Padalia, Pooja Moteriya, Yogesh Baravalia and Sumitra Chanda……… 34-45 Antimicrobial effects of natural products

Jun-Beom Park………... 46-48 Antimicrobial natural products

Hui Song and Wen Zheng……….. 49-58 Antimicrobial peptides and infectious diseases

Pujarini Dutta and Santasabuj Das………. 59-80 Antimicrobial peptides: from synthesis to clinical perspectives

V.A. Carneiro, H.S. Duarte, M.G.V. Prado, M.L. Silva, M.S. Teixeira, Y.M.V. dos Santos, I.B.

Vasconcelos and R.M.S. Cunha………. 81-90 Antimicrobial Potentials of Wild-type Enterococcus spp. from an Extreme Habitat and a

Fermented Food – A Retrospective Mini-review

Utpal Roy and S.M. Singh……….. 91-97 Antimicrobial properties and therapeutic benefits of honey in the quest for more efficient

antimicrobial agents

C. Faustino and L. Pinheiro……… 98-108 Bioactives against Superbugs: using phytotherapy to counteract the drugresistance burden

in the 21^st century

Paula Parreira, Teresa Brás, Patricia A. Ramos and Maria F. Duarte……… 109-116 Caatinga plants as weapons against microorganisms: advances and challenges

P.A. Moura, C.M. Bezerra Filho, L.C. Nascimento da Silva, M.V. Silva and M.T.S. Correia……. 117-124

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Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume and Myristica fragrans Houtt essential oils as bio- pesticides against the fungus Guignardia citricarpa

R.C. Duarte, G.B. Fanaro, J. Santana, E.M.M.S. Gaspar and A.L.C.H. Villavicencio……….. 125-130 Coffee industrial waste as a natural source of bioactive compounds with antibacterial and

antifungal activities

C. Sousa, C. Gabriel, F. Cerqueira, M.C. Manso and A.F. Vinha………. 131-136 Development of antimicrobial peptide based anti-leishmanial agents: current

understandings and future perspective

Abul Hasan Sardar, Sushmita Das and Pradeep Das……….. 137-143 Evaluating antimicrobial activity of bioactive glycerophospholipids presents in Brazilian

marine sponges extracts

William R. Batista, Silvia R.P. Lopes, Daniela B.C. Silva, Maria H.C.B. Neves, Ricardo

Coutinho, Cláudio C. Lopes and Rosangela S.C. Lopes……… 144-150 Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of extracts of chamomile (Matricaria recutita L.)

obtained from irradiated and non-irradiated samples

E.G. Solidônio, Y.S. Burle, P.A. Silva, M.C.V. Vicalvi, I.F.A.C. de Souza, G.R. Silva, K.X.F.R.

Senna and W. Colaço………. 151-156 Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of the association of crude extracts of Schinus

terebinthifolius Raddi and Lippia sidoides Cham. against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

L.S. Pedrosa, M.C.V.V. Costa, C.E.O. Costa Júnior, R.O.A. Melo, I.F.A.C. de Souza, E.G.

Solidônio, J.F.C. Albuquerque and K.X.F.R. Sena……… 157-163 Indian medicinal plant extracts and its green synthesized metal nanoparticles: a new genre

for combating human pathogens

Sunayana Saha, Bony Deb and Rabindranath Bhattacharyya……… 164-173 Leishmanicidal compounds of natural origin: their prospective mantle in antileishmanial

therapy

Garima Chouhan, Hani A. Ozbak, Hassan A. Hemeg and Farhat Afrin……… 174-184 Mode of action of bioactive phytochemicals, plant secondary metabolites, possessing

antimicrobial properties

Heejeong Lee and Dong Gun Lee……….. 185-192 On the role of natural compounds in mycotoxigenic fungi control

C. Morcia, M. Mehani, N. Salhi, L. Nazari, A. Khelil, A. Bara, R. Ghizzoni, G. Tumino and V.

Terzi……… 193-198 Plant antimicrobial peptides

I.A. Terra, C.S. Portugal and A.B. Becker-Ritt……….. 199-207 Plant essential oils as natural fungicides against stored product fungi

A. Kedia, D.K. Jha and N.K. Dubey……….. 208-214 Study of the sugarcane (Sachharum spp.) antimicrobial activity against the fungi

Aspergillus sp. and Fusarium sp.

I. Racowski, V.T. Freire, C.L.S. Souza, T.M. dos Santos and B. Pagani……….. 215-220 Synergistic effect of phytochemicals in vitro and their antimicrobial properties against food-

borne microorganisms in “coalho” cheese

E.C. Lima Machado, E.H. Leite Machado, S. Teixeira Ortiz, M.R. Oliveira Silva, E.M. Barbosa

da Silva and S.A. Cardoso Andrade………... 221-227

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Tannins obtained from medicinal plants extracts against pathogens: antimicrobial potential

A. Vieira Pereira, G. Mateus Santana, M. Biondaro Góis and D.M. Gonçales Sant’Ana…………. 228-235 Terminalia genus as source of antimicrobial agents

O. Silva and R. Serrano……….. 236-245 The potential of plant extracts against multidrug resistant Candida species- A review

Tejas Rathod, Hemali Padalia and Sumitra Chanda………... 246-256

Biocontrol; Biosynthesis of Antimicrobials – Bacteriophages

Advances in the use of endolysins: general remarks, structure, applications, genetic modifications and perspectives

C.I. Barrera Rivas, M. Cajero Juarez, J. Oviedo-Boyso, R.E. Nuñez-Anita, L. Kameyama

Kawabe and J.J. Valdéz Alarcón……….... 259-268 Antimicrobial Activities of Bacillus Strains containing biosynthetic genes against Legionella

pneumophila

Nihal Doruöz Güngör, Zuhal Zeybek and Ayn Çotuk……….. 269-274 Applications of Salmonella bacteriophages in the food production chain

K. Petsong and K. Vongkamjan………. 275-283 Bacteriophage therapy – Looking back in to the future

Shesh Raj Patel, Ajay Kumar Verma, Vijay Chandra Verma, Madhusudhana Reddy Janga and

Gopal Nath………. 284-294 Bacteriophages of Pseudomonas bacteria: application in medicine and agriculture

G. Novik and V. Savich……….. 295-304 Biocontrol of phytopathogens: Antibiotic production as mechanism of control

A.L. Ulloa-Ogaz, L.N. Muñoz-Castellanos and G.V. Nevárez-Moorillón……… 305-309 Control of pathogens in cooked meat products: the beneficial role of lactic acid bacteria

M.P. Castro, M.E. Cayré, N.Z. Palavecino Prpich and F.P. Rivas………. 310-318 Evaluation of Lactic Acid Bacteria, Ozone Treated Water and Ultra Violet Irradiation as

Surface Decontamintant in Artificially Contaminated Thunnus obesus and Clarias gariepinus

M.N. Lani, Adilah Ismail, Nurul Ulfah Karim, Marzuki Ismail, Abdul Faiz Din Abdullah,

Norfariha Baharin and Abd. Rahman Tamuri……… 319-327 Natural products: insecticidal and antimicrobial activity

N. Knaak, S.L.F. Wiest, W. Soares and L.M. Fiuza……….. 328-335 Plasmid encoded bacteriocin transformation studies in Alcaligenes and Brevundimonas sp.

Misbah Aslam and Nazia Jamil……….. 336-345 The use of bacteriophages in the development of new alternatives in therapy

E. Martínez Peñafiel, F. Fernández Ramírez and L. Kameyama Kawabe………. 346-353

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Biofilms

Adhesion of Biofilm forming Staphylococcus epidermidis strains on Intraocular Lenses – An Update

S. Ahmad, H. Ashraf and S.M. Akram………... 357-363 Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm activity of Enzybiotic against Staphylococcus aureus

Purnima V. Gupta and Mangal S. Nagarsenker………. 364-372 Bacterial biofilm formation and its role against agricultural pathogens

M. Rafique, K. Hayat, T. Mukhtar, Amna, A.A. Khan, M.S. Afridi, T. Hussain, T. Sultan, M.F.H.

Munis, M. Imran and H.J. Chaudhary……… 373-382 Bacterial biofilms and their new control strategies in food industry

Meltem Yesilcimen Akbas………. 383-394 Bacterial biofilms: Medical impact, development, control and threats

Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood and Zafar Alam Mahmood………... 395-404 Biofilms and intravascular catheter related bloodstream infections

Li Zhang, Jeremy C. Brownlie and Claire Rickard……… 405-412 Candida albicans biofilms: characteristics, clinical relevance, and drug susceptibility –

Mini-review

Anna Carolina Borges Pereira Costa, Cristiane Aparecida Pereira and Graziella Nuernberg Back

Brito……… 413-421 Dental Plaque Biofilm: An Invisible Terror in the Oral Cavity

Sangeeta Singh, Parul Sharma and A.K. Shreehari……… 422-428 Essential oils against bacterial biofilm formation and quorum sensing of food-borne

pathogens and spoilage microorganisms

E.B. Kerekes, A. Vidács, J. Török Jenei, Cs. Gömöri, M. Takó, M. Chandrasekaran,

S.Kadaikunnan, N. S. Alharbi, J. Krisch and Cs. Vágvölgyi………. 429-437 Interactions among cariogenic bacterial species in oral biofilm

Rosa Virginia Dutra de Oliveira, Cristiane Yumi Koga-Ito and Fernanda Lourençao Brighenti….. 438-444 Microbial biofilms: development, treatment and prevention in medical implants

Sangeeta Singh, Raavi and Ayushi Gupta……….. 445-451 Multidrug resistance and biofilm formation contribute to the nosocomial infections caused

by Acinetobacter baumannii

Chuandong Wang, Jing Wang, Hongwei Pan, Wei Hu and Yuezhong Li………. 452-461 Plasma interaction with biofilm

Sohier M. Syame……… 462-472

Antimicrobial Materials Science and Surface Chemistry; Antimicrobials in Consumer Products - Antimicrobial Chemistry - Non-Antibiotic Biocides - Antimicrobial Physics

Antibacterial Activity of Highly Porous Vinyl alcohol group containing Polymer/MWNT Nanocomposite Particles

Kyu Ryn Kim, Hyun Jeong Jeon, Eun-Ju Lee and Eun-Soo Park………. 475-482

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Antibacterial coatings

P. Thebault and T. Jouenne……… 483-489 Antibacterial performance and application prospect of novel coppercontaining stainless

steels

Li Nan, Ling Ren, Chunguang Yang, Dake Xu and Ke Yang………... 490-499 Antimicrobial polymeric materials for packaging applications: A review

Eun-Soo Park……….. 500-511 Chalcones as antimalarials: In silico and synthetic approach

Kamal Kumar Chaudhary, Pooja Kannojia and Nidhi Mishra………... 512-525 Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of colloidal silver-hydrogen peroxide against model

cooling tower biofilm

Nazmiye Ozlem Sanli Yurudu and Ayten Kimiran Erdem……… 526-533 Host-Directed Therapeutics: ATP as an Immunoadjunctive Agent for Chemotherapy

against Mycobacterial Infections

Haruaki Tomioka……… 534-541 Naphthoquinone: Bioactivity and Green Synthesis

L. Ramos-Peralta, L.I. López-López, S.Y. Silva-Belmares, A. Zugasti-Cruz, R. Rodríguez-

Herrera and C.N. Aguilar-González………... 542-550 Non-antibiotic approaches for oral applications

P.V. Araújo, A. Gala-Garcia, R.T.R.C. Peixoto, R.D. Sinisterra and M.E. Cortés……… 551-558 Photodynamic therapy application in endodontic aerobic microorganisms and facultative

anaerobic

C.C.S.A. Lins, A.R.S. Melo, C.C. Silva, J.B. Oliveira, G.A. Lima, C.M.M.B. Castro, F.A. Diniz

and L.L. Melo………. 559-563 Rational design of new leishmanicidal agents: In silico and In vitro evaluation

S. Andrade Ochoa, K.F. Chacón Vargas, J. Correa Basurto, L.M. Rodríguez Váldez, G.V.

Nevárez Moorillón and L. E. Sánchez Torres……… 564-575 Semi-synthetic compounds as antimicrobial agents in food preservation

E.J. Lenardão, W. Padilha da Silva, R.G. Jacob, D.S. Volcan Maia, J. Coswig Golbeck and S.

Ferraz Fonseca……… 576-583

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Clinical and Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobials;

Public Health - Strengthening of Innate Immune System as Antimicrobial Strategy

Acinetobater baumannii: A Superbug

Michelle Lowings, Marthie M. Ehlers and Marleen M. Kock………... 587-597

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Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) - an update on the control

H.C. Kunert Filho, K.C.T. Brito, L.S. Cavalli and B.G. Brito………... 598-618 Beware! pathogenic bacteria share human habitat

Pankaj K. Tyagi, Mansi Mishra, Nida Khan, Sandeep Sirohi and Shruti Tyagi……… 619-630 Candida albicans and virulence factors that increases its pathogenicity

Cristiane Aparecida Pereira, Anna Carolina Borges Pereira Costa, Michelle Peneluppi Silva,

Graziella Nuernberg Back-Brito and Antonio Olavo Cardoso Jorge………. 631-636 Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus most common source of infection

G. Bachir raho and B. Abouni……… 637-648 Gram-negative bacteria in cystic fibrosis

T. Goolam Mahomed, M.M. Kock and M.M. Ehlers………. 649-660 Molecular epidemiology

Vineeta Singh………. 661-667 Mucosal innate immunity involves system “Probiotic lectins—Glycoconjugates” against

microbial pathogens

M. Lakhtin, V. Lakhtin, S. Afanasiev and V. Aleshkin………. 668-677 Organelles as virulence factors of an opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

G. Novik, V. Savich and E. Kiseleva………. 678-690 Recent advances in the mitigation of Saprolegnia infections in freshwater fish and their eggs

Shimaa E Ali, Øystein Evensen and Ida Skaar……….. 691-697 Reducing pathobiomes could slow arms race between man and microbes

S. Romano-Bertrand, C. Dupont, H. Marchandin, E. Jumas-Bilak and P. Licznar-Fajardo……….. 698-716 Role of probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics and postbiotics in inhibition of pathogens

Sudhir Kumar Tomar, Santosh Anand, Poonam Sharma, Vikas Sangwan and Surajit Mandal…… 717-732 Role of type III secretory system and related exotoxins in infections induced by an

opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

E. Kiseleva and G. Novik………... 733-744 Safe food Preparation with Natural Antimicrobial Polyphenol: a Preventing Strategy for

Microbial Pathogens Infection during and after a Flood

S. Sasidharan, Ngit Shin Lai, S.L. Jothy, Y. Chen, S. Vijayarathna, C.E. Oon, R. Amala, N.

Kavitha, I. Aziah, Shanmugapriya and J.R. Kanwar……….. 745-756 Sodium Hypochlorite (NaClO): Ruffini Method for the Treatment of Topic Infectious

Diseases of the Skin, Mucous Membranes and Systemic Diseases

Ruffini Gilberto and Terzo Eloisa……….. 757-766 Spontaneous Spinal Infections: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management. The experience

of Neurosurgery department of University of Rome “Sapienza”

Nicola Marotta, Alessandro Di Bartolomeo, Giancarlo Iaiani, Antonio Santoro, Roberto Delfini

and Alessandro Landi………. 767-782 Staphylococcus spp.: an update on the molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of

antimicrobial resistance

L. Pinheiro, L.M. Abraão, P.L. Mello and M.L.R.S. da Cunha………. 783-793

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Study of the Enterobacteriaceae Group CESP (Citrobacter, Enterobacter, Serratia, Providencia, Morganella and Hafnia): A Review

G.S. dos Santos, E.G. Solidônio, M.C.V.V. Costa, R.O.A. Melo, I.F.A.C de Souza, G.R. Silva

and K.X.F.R. Sena……….. 794-805 The Battle Against Nosocomial Pathogens for Sepsis Control in Paediatric Burn Patients:

Vancomycin and Carbapenems Serum Monitoring for Target Attainment by PK/PD Analysis

S.R.C.J. Santos, C. Sanches-Giraud, C.V. Silva Jr., W.V. Guimaraes and D.S. Gomez…………... 806-821 The Pseudomonads as a versatile opportunistic pathogen in the environment

Isoken H. Igbinosa and Etinosa O. Igbinosa……….. 822-831 The role of microRNAs in modulating host innate immunity and HCV infection:

implications for HCV pathogenesis and treatment

X. Duan and L. Chen……….. 832-837 The role of USP18 in interferon signaling and inflammation

B. Jiao and L. Chen……… 838-841 Tug-of-war between host immunity and microbial pathogenesis using Caenorhabditis

elegans as a model system

A. Kamaladevi, B.S. Sivamaruthi, S. Durai, P. Kesika, B. Vigneshkumar, G. JebaMercy and K.

Balamurugan……….. 842-848

Antimicrobial Resistance; Mechanisms of Action of Antimicrobial Agents - Attenuation of Virulence as Antimicrobial Strategy

Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) in Staphylococcus aureus and Cytotoxicity Effect in Mammalian Cells

R. Salomoni, P. Léo and M.F.A. Rodrigues………... 851-857 Antibiotics and Antibiotic resistance determinants: an undesired element in the

environment

E.O. Igbinosa and E.E. Odjadjare……….. 858-866 Antimicrobial resistance of infectious diseases of global importance: tuberculosis and

malaria

B.E. Rivera-Chavira, J.R. Adame-Gallegos and G.V. Nevárez-Moorillón………... 867-875 Antimicrobial resistance: Mechanisms of action of antimicrobial agents

Anthony C. Liwa and Hyasinta Jaka……….. 876-885 Attenuation of Virulence as Antimicrobial Strategy

Yee Pinn Tsin Isabel and Chit Laa Poh……….. 886-894 Daptomycin: Discovery, Development and Perspectives

Ipsita Chakravarty, Kanika Kundu and Subir Kundu………. 895-903 Developmental Approaches to Antimicrobial Agents for the Battle Against Pathogens

Mehmet Karaday, Ceyda Bozolu, Selin Doan, Burak Alaylar and Medine Güllüce……… 904-912 Emerging policies on antimicrobial resistance, the consumption of antimicrobial agents and

occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from humans and food producing animals

Catherine C. Adley, Aideen Dowling, Harald Handschuh and Michael P. Ryan……….. 913-922

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Evaluation of bacterial resistance to Chloramine T Biocide and effects on Rifampicin Antibiotic Susceptibility as a consequence of biocide usage in Cooling System Biofilm including Legionella pneumophila

Nihal Doruöz Güngör and Nazmiye Ozlem Sanli Yurudu………... 923-929 Identification of multi-resistant strains in bacteria associated with canine external ocular

diseases

Esmeralda Delgado and Sandra Subtil………... 930-937 Microbial endocrinology: Target for new antimicrobial strategies to control infectious

diseases

Daniela Angel-Andrés, Víctor Manuel Baizabal-Aguirre, Alejandro Bravo-Patiño and Juan José

Valdez-Alarcón……….. 938-946 Multidrug resistance in pathogenic yeasts: emphasis on the role of ABC and MFS

multidrug transporters

Catarina Costa, Pedro Pais and Miguel C. Teixeira………... 947-954 On the road again – the antibiotic resistance superhighway

M.J. Carvalho, J. Tyrrell, L.S. Jones and T.R. Walsh……… 955-964 Sanitation, Water Quality and Antibiotic Resistance Dissemination

M. Quintela-Baluja, C.W. Chan, M. Ezzat Alnakip, M. Abouelnaga and David W. Graham……... 965-975 Superbugs

I. Akyar………... 976-986 Targeting microbial virulence factors: potential alternative to evade the antimicrobial

resistance threats

Kennedy D. Mwambete……….. 987-1002 The use of ACT as an educational tool for examining the spread of Antibiotic Resistance

Michael P. Ryan, Catherine C. Adley, Patricia Armshaw and J. Tony Pembroke……… 1003-1009

Techniques and Methods

Bronchial aspirated samples rPCR increases pathogen identification rate in critically ill patients with pneumonia: a pilot experience

DV. Pérez Civantos, M. Fajardo Olivares, P. Nieto Sánchez, M. Robles Marcos, V. Jerez Gómez-

Coronado and H. Fariñas Seijas………. 1013-1024 Electronegativity profile of proteins associated to Ebola virus: a review

C. Polanco, A. Morales Reyes and J.A. Castañón González………. 1025-1030 Hand hygiene strategies to fight pathogenic bacteria in an outpatient surgery clinic

J.J. Wille, P.J. Therattil, J.H. Yueh, A.M. Kordahi, D.V. Cherla, E.S. Lee and M.S. Granick……. 1031-1035 Laboratory Diagnosis and Identification of Chlamydia trachomatis

Shamala Moodley………... 1036-1043 Main action of proteins and catastrophic bifurcation points: a review

C. Polanco……….. 1044-1051 New approaches to influenza therapy

P. Zmora and S. Pöhlmann………. 1052-1059

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New approaches to overcoming the limitations of clinical assays in rapid ultrasensitive identification of bacterial pathogens

A.V. Kozyr, A.V. Kolesnikov, A.K. Ryabko and I.G. Shemyakin……… 1060-1071 Polar analysis of intrinsically disordered proteins: a review

C. Polanco, J.A. Castañón González, J. Levy and M. Arias Estrada………. 1072-1077 Simple method for routine detection of Legionella spp. in tap water

Tove Havnhøj Frandsen, Chaymaa Albarazi, Leif Percival Andersen……….. 1078-1083 Techniques and Methods: Detection of antibiotics in environmental samples

Debdeep Dasgupta and Tapas K. Sengupta……… 1084-1090 The role of interspecies interactions in the antibiotic production: A potential approach for

producing more effective antibiotics

Khalid Jaber Kadhum Luti………. 1091-1098 The role of the clinical pharmacokinetics service on the battle against pathogens

C. Sanches-Giraud, C.V. Silva Jr, D.S. Gomez and S.R.C.J. Santos………. 1099-1108

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