New Potent Antibacterial Agents
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Novel Antimicrobial Agents".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2021) | Viewed by 17418
Special Issue Editor
2. Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, Départementale 128, 91190 Saint-Aubin, France
Interests: bacterial envelope permeability; membrane transport; antibiotic resistance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bacteria have developed several mechanisms to circumvent antibiotic activity, causing therapeutic failures. Faced with the worldwide problem of antibiotic resistance, there is an urgent need to discover and develop new antibacterial agents.
In this Special Issue, new potent antibacterial agents with mechanical and structural varieties will be considered as therapeutic approaches to defeat both Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens. We will cover the development of new antibiotics resulting from research on medicinal chemistry and synthetic biology, bioactive agents such as bacteriophages and bacteriocins, antibiotic interactions, and adjuvants that target the bacterial lifecycle (such as virulence and communication) or drug resistance mechanisms (such as antibiotic efflux and permeation). All types of articles falling within the scope of the above research areas are welcome.
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Prof. Dr. Muriel Masi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Antibiotics
- Antibacterial agents
- Antibiotic resistance
- Drug discovery and screening
- Mode of action
- Drug transport
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