It's never a good thing, when a bacterial biofilm forms on the surface of a medical implant. There could soon be a new way of ...

While bacteria can grow biofilms on any surface, researcher Gross found that microplastics supercharged this process. When ...

Scientists were shocked to discover that microplastics don’t just pollute the environment, they may also be fueling the rise ...

To investigate, the researchers grew the three species on a glass surface conducive to biofilm development and in a well-mixed liquid culture. They "seeded" an equal number of each bacterium in ...

Researchers were stunned to discover that bacteria's antimicrobial resistance is strengthened when exposed to plastic ...

Once attached to any surface, bacteria create a biofilm -- a sticky substance that acts like a shield, protecting the bacteria from invaders and keeping them affixed securely. Even though bacteria ...

Once attached to any surface, bacteria create a biofilm—a sticky substance that acts like a shield, protecting the bacteria from invaders and keeping them affixed securely. Even though bacteria ...

Microplastics have made their way up food chains, accumulated in oceans, clustered in clouds and on mountains.

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...

The bacteria attached to and colonized the plastics, as they do to any surface, creating a slimy, complex coating called a biofilm. Biofilms protect bacteria from environmental stressors ...