Data collected by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research at the University of Porto (CIIMAR-UP) showed the research ...

3.2. Soil Remediation Approaches and Application Prospects of Mixed Microbial Agents ...

Most people have encountered the black, gray, or pink stains of bacterial biofilms built up on the bathroom tiles or kitchen ...

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 ...

Often, only cells on the outer layers of the biofilm are killed by these antimicrobials, while bacteria embedded deep in the 3D matrix are protected and survive. “In order to effectively kill ...

"One of our goals was to see what happens when this human pathogen, which is commonly transmitted via food, encounters these nanoplastics from the vantage point of a biofilm." Interactions with ...

Medical devices are indispensable in modern healthcare, providing life-saving treatments and improving the quality of life ...

Biofilms are communities of bacteria that cluster together and secrete a protective matrix, which acts as a shield against antibiotics and the host immune system, making them a common cause of ...