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Quantifying Bacterial Surface Swarming Motility on Inducer Gradient Plates

Bacterial swarming motility is a common microbiological phenotype that bacterial communities use to migrate over semisolid surfaces. In investigations of ...

Southern University of Science and Technology

The study aims to investigate the effect of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1), a primary inhibitor of fibrinolytic process, on blood glucose in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its mechanism.

Specific inhibition of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 reduces blood glucose level by lowering TNF-a.

Certain microbial biofilm in the human-microbiota community can negatively impact the host microbiome. This gives rise to various methods to prevent the formation of biofilms or to facilitate biofilm dispersal from surfaces and tissues in the host. Despite all these efforts, these persistent microbial biofilms on surfaces and in the host tissue can result in health problems to the host and its microbiome. It is the adaptive behavior of microbes within the biofilm that confers on these tenacious microbes the resistance to harsh environments, antibiotic treatments, and the ability to evade the host immune system. In this review, the approaches to combat microbial biofilm in the last decade are discussed. The biochemical pathway regulating biofilm formation is first discussed, followed by the discussion of the three approaches to combat biofilm formation: physical, chemical, and biological approaches. The advances in these approaches have given rise to methods of effectively dispersing the microbial biofilm and preventing the adherence of these microbial communities altogether. As there are numerous approaches to target biofilm, in this review the attempt is to provide insights on how these approaches have been used to modulate the host-microbiome by looking at the individual strengths and weaknesses.

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Specific inhibition of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 reduces blood glucose level by lowering TNF-a. Life sciences\| PubMed ID: 32035128	2020
Advances in Bacterial Biofilm Management for Maintaining Microbiome Homeostasis. Biotechnology journal\| PubMed ID: 32510869	2020

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