George P. Tegos

TL;DR: Antioxidant defenses against ROS in microbial cells and the use of ROS by antimicrobial host defense systems are covered and reactive nitrogen species and related therapeutics, such as acidified nitrite and nitric oxide-releasing nanoparticles are covered.

TL;DR: The results suggest that plants might have developed means of delivering their antimicrobials into bacterial cells and suggest that plant antimicroBials might be developed into effective, broad-spectrum antibiotics in combination with inhibitors of MDRs.

TL;DR: This Personal View raises awareness of the novel photoantimicrobial technologies that offer a viable alternative to conventional drugs in many relevant application fields, and could thus slow the pace of resistance development.

TL;DR: The benefits, challenges, and opportunities of using antimicrobial peptides against multidrug-resistant pathogens are identified, advances in the deployment of novel promising antimacterial peptides are highlighted, and the needs and priorities in designing focused development strategies taking into account the most advanced tools available are underlined.

TL;DR: Under certain wavelengths and radiant exposures, blue light may cause cell dysfunction by the photo-excitation of blue light sensitizing chromophores, including flavins and cytochromes, within mitochondria or/and peroxisomes.