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Intermittent antibiotic treatment of bacterial biofilms favors the rapid evolution of resistance
Bacterial antibiotic resistance is a global health concern of increasing importance and intensive study. Although biofilms are a common source of...
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Assessing the synergistic potential of bacteriophage endolysins and antimicrobial peptides for eradicating bacterial biofilms
Phage-encoded endolysins have emerged as a potential substitute to conventional antibiotics due to their exceptional benefits including host...
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Antibiotic Resistance Development in Bacterial Biofilms
Biofilms are organized bacterial communities embedded in an extracellular polymeric matrix attached to living or abiotic surfaces or forming...
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Bacterial adhesion inhibition by microalgal EPSs from Cylindrotheca closterium and Tetraselmis suecica biofilms
AbstractIn the food industry, successful bacterial pathogen colonization and persistence begin with their adhesion to a surface, followed by the...
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What makes another life possible in bacteria? Global regulators as architects of bacterial biofilms
Biofilm structures are the main mode of evolutionary reproductive adaptation of bacteria, and even these features alone, are sufficient to make them...
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Effect of Pristine Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Formation and Degradation of Bacterial Biofilms
Abstract —The effect of pristine multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) on the biofilms of gram-negative bacteria, typical members of the activated...
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In Vitro, In Vivo, and Ex Vivo Models to Study Mixed Bacterial and Fungal Biofilms
Biofilms are the most common form of microbial life, representing a large community of microorganisms (single or multispecies). These microbial...
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Viral diversity is linked to bacterial community composition in alpine stream biofilms
Biofilms play pivotal roles in fluvial ecosystems, yet virtually nothing is known about viruses in these communities. Leveraging an optimized...
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BCM3D 2.0: accurate segmentation of single bacterial cells in dense biofilms using computationally generated intermediate image representations
Accurate detection and segmentation of single cells in three-dimensional (3D) fluorescence time-lapse images is essential for observing individual...
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Development of a Prevotella bivia PNA probe and a multiplex approach to detect three relevant species in bacterial vaginosis-associated biofilms
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal infection worldwide. We developed a peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probe targeting Prevotella bivia ,...
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Recreating in vitro tripartite mycorrhizal associations through functional bacterial biofilms
AbstractArbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and beneficial bacteria are found naturally associated with most terrestrial plant roots. While it is now...
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Bacterial and Structural Dynamics During the Bioaggregation of Aerobic Granular Biofilms
Granular sludgeGranular sludge forms by microbial self-aggregation into mobileMobile biofilmBiofilm particlesParticle with a gel-like consistence....
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Variation of Antigen 43 self-association modulates bacterial compacting within aggregates and biofilms
The formation of aggregates and biofilms enhances bacterial colonisation and infection progression by affording protection from antibiotics and host...
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Strategy to combat biofilms: a focus on biofilm dispersal enzymes
Bacterial biofilms, which consist of three-dimensional extracellular polymeric substance (EPS), not only function as signaling networks, provide...
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Bacterial Pathogenesis Methods and Protocols
This detailed volume presents a diverse set of methodological approaches designed to improve our understanding of bacterial infections from a wide...
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Beneficial applications of biofilms
Many microorganisms live in the form of a biofilm. Although they are feared in the medical sector, biofilms that are composed of non-pathogenic...
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Biotechnological applications of biofilms formed by osmotolerant and halotolerant yeasts
AbstractMany microorganisms are capable of develo** biofilms under adverse conditions usually related to nutrient limitation. They are complex...
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Structural Heterogeneity and Diversity of Bacillus subtilis 168 Biofilms under Different Conditions
AbstractBacteria usually dwell in microbial communities of biofilms surrounded by a self-secreted extracellular matrix. This work assessed effects of...
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Exploring the dynamics of mixed-species biofilms involving Candida spp. and bacteria in cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease that results from mutations in the gene responsible for the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance...
