New Weapons to Control Bacterial Growth (eBook)

Tomás G. VillaDepartment of Microbiology, Biotechnology Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, SpainMiguel ViñasDept. Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain

Bacteriocins.- Control of bacterial growth through RNA degradation.- Control of Pathogenic Clostridia.- DNA-synthesizing enzymes as antibacterial targets.- Inhibition of bacterial efflux pump activity as a way to control microbial growth.- Bacterial protease as targets to control bacterial growth.- Quorum sensing and competence stimulation as targets for antimicrobial chemotherapy.- Transcriptomics as a tool to finding new antibacterial targets.- The case of Lipid II: the Achille´s heel of bacteria.- Microbiome Control in the Prevention and Early Management of Cancer.- Targets against Helicobacter pylori and other tumor-producing bacteria.- Intestinal Microbiota: First barrier against gut-affecting pathogens.- Fecal matter implantation as a way to fight diarrhea-causing microorganisms.- Different approaches for searching new microbial antibiotics controlling bacterial growth.- Synthetic peptides as antimicrobials.- The use of nanoparticles for antimicrobials delivery.- Predation and competition: bacteriophages and bacteria as antimicrobial agents.