Zucca M, Savoia D: The post-antibiotic era: promising developments in the therapy of infectious diseases. Int J Biomed Sci. 2010, 6 (2): 77-86.
PubMed Central
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Arias CA, Murray BE: Antibiotic-resistant bugs in the 21st century - a clinical super-challenge. N Engl J Med. 2009, 360 (5): 439-443. 10.1056/NEJMp0804651.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Public Policy IDSA: The 10 x ’20 Initiative: Pursuing a global commitment to develop 10 new antibacterial drugs by 2020. Clin Infect Dis. 2010, 50 (8): 1081-1083. 10.1086/652237.
Article
Google Scholar
Kaplan JB: Biofilm dispersal: mechanisms, clinical implications, and potential therapeutic uses. J Dent Res. 2010, 89 (3): 205-219. 10.1177/0022034509359403.
Article
PubMed Central
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Fux CA, Wilson S, Stoodley P: Detachment characteristics and oxacillin resistance of Staphyloccocus aureus biofilm emboli in an in vitro catheter infection model. J Bacteriol. 2004, 186 (14): 4486-4491. 10.1128/JB.186.14.4486-4491.2004.
Article
PubMed Central
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Davies DG: Understanding biofilm resistance to antibacterial agents. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2003, 114 (2): 114-122. 10.1038/nrd1008.
Article
Google Scholar
Nickel JC, Ruseska I, Wright JB, Costerton JW: Tobramycin resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells growing as a biofilm on urinary catheter material. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1985, 27 (4): 619-624. 10.1128/AAC.27.4.619.
Article
PubMed Central
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Xavier JB, Picioreanu C, Rani SA, Van Loosdrecht MCM, Stewart PS: Biofilm-control strategies based on enzymic disruption of the extracellular polymeric substance matrix – a modelling study. Microbiology. 2005, 151 (12): 3817-3832. 10.1099/mic.0.28165-0.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Van Beilen JB, Li Z: Enzyme technology: an overview. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2002, 13 (4): 338-344. 10.1016/S0958-1669(02)00334-8.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Ward OP, Qin WM, Dhanjoon J, Ye J, Singh A: Physiology and biotechnology of Aspergillus. Adv Appl Microbiol. 2006, 58: 1-75. 10.1016/S0065-2164(05)58001-8.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Johansen C, Falholt P, Gram L: Enzymatic removal and disinfection of bacterial biofilms. Appl Env Microbiol. 1997, 63 (9): 3724-3728.
CAS
Google Scholar
Chaignon P, Sadovskaya I, Ragunath C, Ramasubbu N, Kaplan JB, Jabbouri S: Susceptibility of staphylococcal biofilms to enzymatic treatments depends on their chemical composition. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2007, 75 (1): 125-132. 10.1007/s00253-006-0790-y.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Donelli G, Francolini I, Romoli D, Guaglianone E, Piozzi A, Ragunath C, Kaplan JB: Synergistic activity of dispersin B and cefamandole nafate in inhibition of staphylococcal biofilm growth on polyurethanes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007, 51 (8): 2733-2740. 10.1128/AAC.01249-06.
Article
PubMed Central
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Basketter D, Berg N, Broekhuizen C, Fieldsend M, Kirkwood S, Kluin C, Mathieu S, Rodriguez C: Enzymes in cleaning products: an overview of toxicological properties and risk assessment/management. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2012, 64 (1): 117-123. 10.1016/j.yrtph.2012.06.016.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Spök A: Safety regulations of food enzymes. Food Technol Biotechnol. 2006, 44 (2): 197-209.
Google Scholar
Pariza MW, Johnson EA: Evaluating the safety of microbial enzyme preparations used in food processing: update for a new century. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2001, 33 (2): 173-186. 10.1006/rtph.2001.1466.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Ventola CL: Off-label drug information: regulation, distribution, evaluation, and related controversies. Pharm Ther. 2009, 34 (8): 428-440.
Google Scholar
Schrek R: A method for counting the viable cells in normal and in malignant cell suspensions. Am J Cancer. 1936, 28 (2): 389-392.
Google Scholar
Pretlow TG, Luberoff DE: A new method for separating lymphocytes and granulocytes from human peripheral blood using programmed gradient sedimentation in an isokinetic gradient. Immunology. 1973, 24 (1): 85-92.
PubMed Central
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Grare M, Fontanay S, Cornil C, Finance C, Duval RE: Tetrazolium salts for MIC determination in microplates: Why? Which salt to select? How?. J Microbiol Methods. 2008, 75 (1): 156-159. 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.05.010.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Eloff JN: A sensitive and quick microplate method to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration of plant extracts for bacteria. Planta Med. 1998, 64 (8): 711-713. 10.1055/s-2006-957563.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Pitts B, Hamilton MA, Zelver N, Stewart PS: A microtiter-plate screening method for biofilm disinfection and removal. J Microbiol Methods. 2003, 54 (2): 269-276. 10.1016/S0167-7012(03)00034-4.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Kim JE, Choi NH, Kang SC: Anti-listerial properties of garlic shoot juice at growth and morphology of Listeria monocytogenes. Food Control. 2007, 18: 1198-1203. 10.1016/j.foodcont.2006.07.017.
Article
CAS
Google Scholar
Smith K, Perez A, Ramage G, Lappin D, Gemmell CG, Lang S: Biofilm formation by Scottish clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. J Med Microbiol. 2008, 57 (8): 1018-1023. 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/000968-0.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Green BJ, Beezhold DH: Industrial fungal enzymes: an occupational allergen perspective. J Allergy. 2011, 2011: 11 pages-10.1155/2011/682574.
Article
Google Scholar
Orie NN, Zidek W, Tepel M: Chemoattractant- and mitomycin-induced generation of reactive oxygen species in human lymphocytes: The role of calcium. Exp Physiol. 1999, 84 (3): 515-520. 10.1017/S0958067099018618.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Elmore S: Apoptosis: a review of programmed cell death. Toxicol Pathol. 2007, 35 (4): 495-516. 10.1080/01926230701320337.
Article
PubMed Central
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Cho SW, Lee S, Shin W: The x-ray structure of Aspergillus aculeatus polygalacturonase and a modeled structure of the polygalacturonase-octagalacturonate complex. J Mol Biol. 2001, 314 (4): 863-878. 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4919.
Article
Google Scholar
Aslan Y, Tanrμseven A: Immobilization of Pectinex Ultra SP-L to produce galactooligosaccharides. J Mol Catal B: Enzym. 2007, 45: 73-77. 10.1016/j.molcatb.2006.12.005.
Article
CAS
Google Scholar
Montilla A, Corzo N, Olani A, Jimeno ML: Identification of oligosaccharides formed during stachyose hydrolysis by Pectinex Ultra SP-L. J Agric Food Chem. 2009, 57 (11): 5007-5013. 10.1021/jf900309x.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Singer SJ, Nicolson GL: The structure and chemistry of mammalian cell membranes. Am J Pathol. 1971, 65 (2): 427-437.
PubMed Central
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Aritajat S, Saenphet K, Srikalayanukul C: The toxicity of a crude enzyme extract from Gliomastix murorum in Swiss Albino mice. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Heal. 2005, 36 (Suppl 4): 242-245.
Google Scholar
Varki A: Biological roles of oligosaccharides: all of the theories are correct. Glycobiology. 1993, 3 (2): 97-130. 10.1093/glycob/3.2.97.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Fux CA, Stoodley P, Hall-Stoodley L, Costerton JW: Bacterial biofilms: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2003, 1 (4): 667-683. 10.1586/14787210.1.4.667.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Costerton JW, Stewart PS, Greenberg EP: Bacterial biofilms: A common cause of persistent infections. Science. 1999, 284 (5418): 1318-1322. 10.1126/science.284.5418.1318.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Hoogkamp-Korstanje JAA:In-vitro activities of ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, lomefloxacin, ofloxacin, pefloxacin, sparfloxacin and trovafloxacin against gram-positive and gram-negative pathogens from respiratory tract infections. J Antimicrob Chemother. 1997, 40 (3): 427-431. 10.1093/jac/40.3.427.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Prieto J, Aguilar L, Giménez MJ, Toro D, G mez-Lus ML, Dal-Ré R, Balcabao IP: In vitro activities of co-amoxiclav at concentrations achieved in human serum against the resistant subpopulation of heteroresistant Staphylococcus aureus: a controlled study with vancomycin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1998, 42 (7): 1574-1577.
PubMed Central
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Mecikoglu M, Saygi B, Yildirim Y, Karadag-Saygi E, Ramadan SS, Esemenli T: The effect of proteolytic enzyme serratiopeptidase in the treatment of experimental implant-related infection. J Bone Jt Surg Am. 2006, 88 (6): 1208-1214. 10.2106/JBJS.E.00007.
Article
Google Scholar
Nemoto K, Hirota K, Ono T, Murakami K, Murakami K, Nagao D, Miyake Y: Effect of Varidase (Streptokinase) on biofilm formed by Staphylococcus aureus. Chemotherapy. 2000, 46 (2): 111-115. 10.1159/000007264.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Alkawash MA, Soothill JS, Schiller NL: Alginate lyase enhances antibiotic killing of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa in biofilms. APMIS. 2006, 114 (2): 131-138. 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_356.x.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Diaz E, Haaf H, Lai A, Yadana J: Role of alginate in gentamicin antibiotic susceptibility during the early stages of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilm establishment. JEMI. 2011, 15 (4): 71-78.
Google Scholar
Singh R, Ray P, Das A, Sharma M: Role of persisters and small-colony variants in antibiotic resistance of planktonic and biofilm-associated Staphylococcus aureus: an in vitro study. J Med Microbiol. 2009, 58 (8): 1067-1073. 10.1099/jmm.0.009720-0.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Leroy C, Delbarre C, Ghillebaert F, Compere C, Combes D: Effects of commercial enzymes on the adhesion of a marine biofilm-forming bacterium. Biofouling. 2008, 24 (1): 11-22. 10.1080/08927010701784912.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Campos-Montiel RG, Viniegra-Gonzales G: Microbial bioassay of fungal compounds that stimulate the growth of a consortium of anaerobic cellulolytic bacteria. Biotechnol Tech. 1995, 9 (1): 65-68. 10.1007/BF00153003.
Article
CAS
Google Scholar
Nazir R, Warmink JA, Boersma H, van Elsas JD: Mechanisms that promote bacterial fitness in fungal-affected soil microhabitats. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2010, 71 (2): 169-185. 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00807.x.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Augustin M, Ali-Vehmas T, Atroshi F: Assessment of enzymatic cleaning agents and disinfectants against bacterial biofilms. J Pharm Pharm Sci. 2004, 7 (1): 55-64.
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Sauer K, Cullen MC, Rickard AH, Zeef LAH, Davies DG, Gilbert P: Characterization of nutrient-induced dispersion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilm. J Bacteriol. 2004, 186 (21): 7312-7326. 10.1128/JB.186.21.7312-7326.2004.
Article
PubMed Central
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar