A research group in Korea has discovered a novel natural antimicrobial peptide, "Hirunipin-2," from the salivary glands of ...

Biofilms affect how microplastics settle. MIT researchers uncover how these layers shape pollution hotspots in rivers and ...

Learn more about a new, preliminary method that scientists are starting to use to control certain functions of bacteria.

A technique developed by Politecnico di Milano researchers is enabling scientists to control specific bacterial functions ...

When bacteria manage to resist antibiotic treatment, it is often because the bacteria form a biofilm of proteins and sugars that acts as a shield against the antibiotic. And it is a part of the ...

Biofilms work so well, in fact, that they can increase antibiotic resistance hundreds to thousands of times above what’s normal, Zaman said. “Biofilms are pretty nasty to get off because they ...

Additionally, it releases its two antibacterial agents, killing the microbes that produce the biofilms. Finally, any biofilm debris that withstood the initial onslaught sticks to the robot's ...

Botanical antibacterial strategies may be related to particular phytochemicals and to plant extracts characterized by the inhibitory activity of bacterial efflux pump, quorum sensing or biofilm ...

Moreover, the researchers found that Pseudomonas aeruginosa can use broken-down plastic fragments to form tougher biofilms—coatings of protective slime that can increase antibiotic resistance ...

Required Enhances effectiveness of treatment Able to treat areas/infections not accessible for irradiation Wider range of conditions can be treated Bacterial biofilms associated with infections are an ...