Biofilms on microplastics in wastewater treatment systems can act as a refuge for harmful pathogens, according to a new study from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. This includes bacteria ...

Microbial biofilms form on all aquatic surfaces and can harbor pathogenic bacteria. In the aquaculture industry, Flavobacteria species can cause serious diseases and lead to high mortality. These ...

Drug resistant bacteria have been found within persistent biofilms in the aquatic ... Jacques, M. & Harel, J. (2015) High-Throughput Microfluidic Method To Study Biofilm Formation and Host ...

Of the outbreaks, 87% were linked to pathogen biofilms, and 80% involved contaminated water from public water systems. Legionella thrives with the aquatic bacteria on the surface of biofilms ...

We've already seen antibacterial surfaces that kill microbes on contact, but scientists in the UK have recently gone a ...

"Biofilm research has evolved from the perception of bacteria as single cells (as was originally discovered by Antonie van ...

Novel compounds destroy biofilm-forming bacteria The species studied included chronic pathogens Updated - September 03, 2017 10:09 am IST . Aswathi Pacha.

Plastics can also put bacteria in close contact with pesticides and other pollutants, which also stick to biofilms. This encourages the development of antimicrobial resistance.

Human Pathogens Are Hitching a Ride on Floating Plastic ... England, for a week, but in that time a thin layer of biofilm, a slimy mix of mucus and microbes, ...