Scientists at the University of Stirling have developed a new method of monitoring the presence of pathogens in rivers ...

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

Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are globally a major threat, leading to high mortality rates ...

We were surprised to find that some hospital germs, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, might be able to break down plastic. P ...

The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, Israel The Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, ...

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 ...

These bacteria can degrade many xenobiotic compounds ... involved in modulating the production of extracellular protease, biofilm behaviour and virulence. Determination of the genome sequences ...

In order to study the diversity and growth of biofilm bacteria, a model pipe network which dynamic simulated the distribution system was designed. The bacteria of the model biofilm were cultivated by ...

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

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 ...

nucleatum. These conditions are probably made possible by nitrate-reducing bacteria, which alter the biofilm environment to encourage anaerobiosis and resource availability. Because smokers’ biofilms ...