An innovative imaging technique developed at Carnegie Mellon University reveals single bacterial cells leaving their biofilm ...

Bacteria permeate virtually every corner of the Earth. Most bacteria live in a biofilm state to enhance their survival and propagation, and to perform essential tasks for many ecosystems.

Key findings showed: 73% of residential water and biofilm samples tested positive for at least one AMR pathogen, compared to 38% of hospital samples. 45% of residential drinking water plumbing ...

Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and be taken up by plant roots; they're in our food, our water, and our bodies. Scientists don't know the full ...

Bakaletz is among a growing list of scientists looking to treat some of the world's deadliest infections by manipulating the biofilms that enable them. Bacteria are often thought of as free ...

An innovative imaging technique developed at Carnegie Mellon University reveals, for the first time, single bacterial cells leaving their biofilm community. Watching the bacteria in real-time at high ...

Since the formation of a biofilm requires only some traces of moisture in the presence of bacteria and kin, this makes it likely that during the manufacturing or usage of medical equipment a ...

When harmful bacteria invade our bodies, they can sometimes take up residence in the form of a biofilm: a three-dimensional, complex community usually adhered to some crevice in the body, such as the ...

Formation of biofilms by clinically relevant microbial pathogens is at the root of many chronic and recurrent infections. Biofilm-associated infections can be broadly divided into two types ...

Aims To evaluate the in vitro effects of extremely low-frequency magnetic field (ELF-MF) on growth and biofilm formation ... of electromagnetic fields on CF pathogens. Overall, our results showed ...

With bacteria that did not form biofilms, the combination of the nanoparticles and ultrasound reduced the antibiotic concentration required to prevent their growth by more than 10-fold compared to ...