An edible biofilm, obtained from agricultural and fishing waste and developed by researchers at the São Carlos Institute of ...

Almost all micro-organisms subsist in elaborate colonies that are embedded in biofilms of self-produced exopolymer matrices. The biofilm allows the micro-organisms to adhere to any surface, living ...

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 ...

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.

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on Earth; they ...

An international research team led by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has achieved a breakthrough in the field of ...

This makes biofilms important in the fight against antibiotic resistance as they are the framework in which the bacteria need to be treated within a medical setting. What exactly is a biofilm?

Following is a transcript of the video. Faye Donald: Today, I'm going to show you how guided biofilm therapy, or GBT, works when we professionally clean a patient's mouth from start to finish.

If you’ve ever sat through a large, multi-department meeting or new hire orientation, you’ve probably wondered whether anything useful comes out of these mandatory networking sessions.

Award-winning dental hygienist Claire-Louise Berry considers the core strategies for successfully marketing a ‘sexy’ oral health concept.

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on earth; they are extremely resistant to antibiotics and stick tenaciously to most ...