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ArticleNPJ biofilms and microbiomes2024

Competition quenching strategies reduce antibiotic tolerance in polymicrobial biofilms.

Bram Lories, Tom E R Belpaire, Bart Smeets, Hans P Steenackers

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Article in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bram LoriesDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Tom E R BelpaireDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5211-0867
Bart SmeetsDivision of Mechatronics, Biostatistics, and Sensors (MeBioS), Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Hans P SteenackersDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. hans.steenackers@kuleuven.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5021-2069
KU Leuven · BE

Funding

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) 12Z6118NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) 3G046318Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) S004824NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) S007019NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) W000921NKU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) C14/18/055KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) C14/22/077KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) C24/18/046KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) C32/17/020KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) CELSA/18/031KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) PDM/20/123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria typically live in dense communities where they are surrounded by other species and compete for a limited amount of resources. These competitive interactions can induce defensive responses that also protect against antimicrobials, potentially complicating the antimicrobial treatment of pathogens residing in polymicrobial consortia. Therefore, we evaluate the potential of alternative antivirulence strategies that quench this response to competition. We test three competition quenching approaches: (i) interference with the attack mechanism of surrounding competitors, (ii) inhibition of the stress response systems that detect competition, and (iii) reduction of the overall level of competition in the community by lowering the population density. We show that either strategy can prevent the induction of antimicrobial tolerance of Salmonella Typhimurium in response to competitors. Competition quenching strategies can thus reduce tolerance of pathogens residing in polymicrobial communities and could contribute to the improved eradication of these pathogens via traditional methods.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsBacteriaBiofilmsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective Agents

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PMID38503782
PMCPMC10951329
OpenAlexW4392953341

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