Bacteria are also able to communicate with each other through chemical signals, a behavior known as quorum signaling (QS). These chemical signals spread through a biofilm that colonies of bacteria ...

Moreover, natural biofilms exist nearly everywhere: in soil, on the surfaces of machinery, or within the human body. In these environments, biofilms are thicker, can include multiple species, and are ...

Now, scientists have found an enzyme that shuts down the signals bacteria use to form a biofilm. The findings could one day help make biofilm-related complications a distant memory.

Bacteria can be tricked into sending death signals to stop the growth of their slimy, protective homes that lead to deadly infections, a new study demonstrates. The discovery by Washington State ...

An enzyme that shuts down signals that bacteria use to form a biofilm has been found by researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD). The switch that activates biofilm formation is a signaling ...

Time-lapse video of two Bacillus subtilis biofilms in a shared environment shows their synchronized growth, which the bacteria coordinate through electrical communication.Green fluorescence reveals ...

“The electrochemical signals we used are similar to signals used during development in more complicated organisms like frogs, fish or even humans. Thus, our findings may offer analogies to other ...

Both e-Enzymes and plasmids are protected against degradation with the biofilm. Finally, bacteria release signal molecules for a process of chemical communication called quorum sensing.

Now scientists have discovered that bacteria talk to one another constantly, often cooperating in the construction of intricate communities, known as biofilms, that allow them to thrive in ways ...

Signals from one bacteria could tell the second bacteria population to disperse, and a chemical switch in the remaining bacteria made them break up their own biofilm.

The signal flowed outward in this way until it reached the biofilm’s edge. And in response to the signal, edge cells stopped dividing until the interior cells could get a meal, after which they ...