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Nanoengineered Surfaces as a Tool Against Bacterial Biofilm Formation

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Biofilms can be understood as multilevel structures of microbial cells on a surface enclosed by an extracellular matrix. This type of organization is considered an adaptation mechanism that is adopted by many microorganisms to promote, among other things, protection against the exterior environment. This protective profile became a substantial problem in the case of bacterial infections since conventional treatment with antibiotics, for example, is less or noneffective. Thus, considering that bacterial cells need to attach to a surface to begin biofilm formation, some techniques have targeted the bacterial adhesion stage. These approaches are based on building materials with nanoengineered surfaces built with microdomain and nanodomain to minimize the contact with bacterial surface area and, therefore, promote interactions that keep cells from attaching to the surface.

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dos Santos da Silva, A., dos Santos, J.H.Z. (2021). Nanoengineered Surfaces as a Tool Against Bacterial Biofilm Formation. In: Hosseini, M., Karapanagiotis, I. (eds) Materials with Extreme Wetting Properties. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59565-4_5

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