Table 3.

Examples of anti-biofilm molecules and their mechanisms of action, according to different strategies.

Anti-biofilm strategyMechanism of actionMoleculesReferences
Inhibition of bacterial attachment to surfacesAnti-adhesive surface propertiesHydrophilic polymers and surfaces with micro- and nanoscale topographyHuang et al. 2002; Hsu et al. 2013; Kang et al. 2016
Antimicrobial surface propertiesAntimicrobial peptides, essential oils, metallic nanoparticles, bacteriophagesAgnihotri, Mukherji and Mukherji 2013; Wang, Sauvageau and Elias 2016; Zaltsman et al. 2017; He et al. 2018
Interference with signal molecules modulating biofilm formationAI degradationLactonases, acylases and oxidoreductasesWang et al. 2004; Lade, Paul and Kweon 2014; Chan, Liu and Chang 2015
AI synthesis inhibitionHalogenated furanone compounds, quercetin, cycloleucine, nickel and cadmiumKim et al. 2008; Vega et al. 2014; Yadav et al. 2014; Gopu, Meena and Shetty 2015
AI antagonizationAHL analogues (cyclic sulfur compounds, phenolic compounds), AI-2 analogues (ursolic acid, isobutyl-4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (isobutyl-DPD) and phenyl-DPD), AIP analogues (cyclic peptides, RNA III)Brackman and Coenye 2015; Hossain et al. 2017
c-Di-GMP signaling system inhibitionLP 3134, LP 3145, LP 4010, LP 1062Bachovchin et al. 2009; Sambanthamoorthy et al. 2014
Disruption of biofilm architectureEPS/matrix degradationPolysaccharide-degrading enzymes (dispersin B, endolysins), nucleases (DNase I), proteases (proteinase K, trypsin)Kaplan et al. 2003; Sugimoto et al. 2018
Biofilm dispersionNitric oxide, cis-2-decenoic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, lactoferrinBanin, Vasil and Greenberg 2005; Banin, Brady and Greenberg 2006; Barraud et al. 2009; Kumar Shukla and Rao 2013; Marques, Davies and Sauer 2015
Anti-biofilm strategyMechanism of actionMoleculesReferences
Inhibition of bacterial attachment to surfacesAnti-adhesive surface propertiesHydrophilic polymers and surfaces with micro- and nanoscale topographyHuang et al. 2002; Hsu et al. 2013; Kang et al. 2016
Antimicrobial surface propertiesAntimicrobial peptides, essential oils, metallic nanoparticles, bacteriophagesAgnihotri, Mukherji and Mukherji 2013; Wang, Sauvageau and Elias 2016; Zaltsman et al. 2017; He et al. 2018
Interference with signal molecules modulating biofilm formationAI degradationLactonases, acylases and oxidoreductasesWang et al. 2004; Lade, Paul and Kweon 2014; Chan, Liu and Chang 2015
AI synthesis inhibitionHalogenated furanone compounds, quercetin, cycloleucine, nickel and cadmiumKim et al. 2008; Vega et al. 2014; Yadav et al. 2014; Gopu, Meena and Shetty 2015
AI antagonizationAHL analogues (cyclic sulfur compounds, phenolic compounds), AI-2 analogues (ursolic acid, isobutyl-4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (isobutyl-DPD) and phenyl-DPD), AIP analogues (cyclic peptides, RNA III)Brackman and Coenye 2015; Hossain et al. 2017
c-Di-GMP signaling system inhibitionLP 3134, LP 3145, LP 4010, LP 1062Bachovchin et al. 2009; Sambanthamoorthy et al. 2014
Disruption of biofilm architectureEPS/matrix degradationPolysaccharide-degrading enzymes (dispersin B, endolysins), nucleases (DNase I), proteases (proteinase K, trypsin)Kaplan et al. 2003; Sugimoto et al. 2018
Biofilm dispersionNitric oxide, cis-2-decenoic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, lactoferrinBanin, Vasil and Greenberg 2005; Banin, Brady and Greenberg 2006; Barraud et al. 2009; Kumar Shukla and Rao 2013; Marques, Davies and Sauer 2015
Table 3.

Examples of anti-biofilm molecules and their mechanisms of action, according to different strategies.

Anti-biofilm strategyMechanism of actionMoleculesReferences
Inhibition of bacterial attachment to surfacesAnti-adhesive surface propertiesHydrophilic polymers and surfaces with micro- and nanoscale topographyHuang et al. 2002; Hsu et al. 2013; Kang et al. 2016
Antimicrobial surface propertiesAntimicrobial peptides, essential oils, metallic nanoparticles, bacteriophagesAgnihotri, Mukherji and Mukherji 2013; Wang, Sauvageau and Elias 2016; Zaltsman et al. 2017; He et al. 2018
Interference with signal molecules modulating biofilm formationAI degradationLactonases, acylases and oxidoreductasesWang et al. 2004; Lade, Paul and Kweon 2014; Chan, Liu and Chang 2015
AI synthesis inhibitionHalogenated furanone compounds, quercetin, cycloleucine, nickel and cadmiumKim et al. 2008; Vega et al. 2014; Yadav et al. 2014; Gopu, Meena and Shetty 2015
AI antagonizationAHL analogues (cyclic sulfur compounds, phenolic compounds), AI-2 analogues (ursolic acid, isobutyl-4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (isobutyl-DPD) and phenyl-DPD), AIP analogues (cyclic peptides, RNA III)Brackman and Coenye 2015; Hossain et al. 2017
c-Di-GMP signaling system inhibitionLP 3134, LP 3145, LP 4010, LP 1062Bachovchin et al. 2009; Sambanthamoorthy et al. 2014
Disruption of biofilm architectureEPS/matrix degradationPolysaccharide-degrading enzymes (dispersin B, endolysins), nucleases (DNase I), proteases (proteinase K, trypsin)Kaplan et al. 2003; Sugimoto et al. 2018
Biofilm dispersionNitric oxide, cis-2-decenoic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, lactoferrinBanin, Vasil and Greenberg 2005; Banin, Brady and Greenberg 2006; Barraud et al. 2009; Kumar Shukla and Rao 2013; Marques, Davies and Sauer 2015
Anti-biofilm strategyMechanism of actionMoleculesReferences
Inhibition of bacterial attachment to surfacesAnti-adhesive surface propertiesHydrophilic polymers and surfaces with micro- and nanoscale topographyHuang et al. 2002; Hsu et al. 2013; Kang et al. 2016
Antimicrobial surface propertiesAntimicrobial peptides, essential oils, metallic nanoparticles, bacteriophagesAgnihotri, Mukherji and Mukherji 2013; Wang, Sauvageau and Elias 2016; Zaltsman et al. 2017; He et al. 2018
Interference with signal molecules modulating biofilm formationAI degradationLactonases, acylases and oxidoreductasesWang et al. 2004; Lade, Paul and Kweon 2014; Chan, Liu and Chang 2015
AI synthesis inhibitionHalogenated furanone compounds, quercetin, cycloleucine, nickel and cadmiumKim et al. 2008; Vega et al. 2014; Yadav et al. 2014; Gopu, Meena and Shetty 2015
AI antagonizationAHL analogues (cyclic sulfur compounds, phenolic compounds), AI-2 analogues (ursolic acid, isobutyl-4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (isobutyl-DPD) and phenyl-DPD), AIP analogues (cyclic peptides, RNA III)Brackman and Coenye 2015; Hossain et al. 2017
c-Di-GMP signaling system inhibitionLP 3134, LP 3145, LP 4010, LP 1062Bachovchin et al. 2009; Sambanthamoorthy et al. 2014
Disruption of biofilm architectureEPS/matrix degradationPolysaccharide-degrading enzymes (dispersin B, endolysins), nucleases (DNase I), proteases (proteinase K, trypsin)Kaplan et al. 2003; Sugimoto et al. 2018
Biofilm dispersionNitric oxide, cis-2-decenoic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, lactoferrinBanin, Vasil and Greenberg 2005; Banin, Brady and Greenberg 2006; Barraud et al. 2009; Kumar Shukla and Rao 2013; Marques, Davies and Sauer 2015
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