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Biofilms are slimy layers of microorganisms that stick to wet surfaces. They may cause up to 80 percent of infections.

A biofilm is a community of microbes on a surface that is encased in a polymer coating. Bacteria that grow attached to surfaces rather than floating in a liquid are called sessile. Most bacteria ...

Biofilms: Discovery of a new mechanism of virus propagation Date: February 8, 2010 Source: CNRS (Délégation Paris Michel-Ange) Summary: Researchers have shown for the first time that certain ...

Biofilms are slimy, glue-like membranes that are produced by microbes in order to colonize surfaces. They protect microbes from the body's immune system and increase their resistance to antibiotics.

Gene expression changed. So did the makeup of the biofilm’s sticky extracellular matrix and the physical arrangement of its cells. Dietrich and colleagues published their results in PLOS Biology in ...

Biofilms can harbor clusters of specific pathogens or a combination of them. In production facilities, food contact surfaces are hotspots on which to focus biofilm sanitation efforts, because of ...

Bacteria tend to build colonies behind barriers known as biofilms, which are hard for antibiotics to penetrate. Now, researchers at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have developed a ...

Microplastics provide an excellent bacterial breeding ground that may be contributing to the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, a new study says.

Biofilms harboring multi-antibiotic-resistant organisms are found at unexpected levels on dry hospital surfaces and could contribute to the risk of infection transmission, according to the results ...

Typically, beneficial bacteria do not form biofilms naturally. But scientists have now identified synthetic polymers that encourage their growth. genprowebdirectory ...