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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Biofilm growth has been observed in Soviet/Russian (Salyuts ... María Alejandra Barrientos Montepeque - Alejandra is studying a degree in molecular biotechnology at the Universidad del Valle de ...

Saccharin destabilizes bacterial membranes and interferes with DNA replication, causing lysis and impairing virulence traits.

Bacteria from meat can attach, grow, and build up to create a biofilm that is difficult to remove, even on stainless steel surfaces used in industrial facilities. It can also aggregate ...

Interestingly, once formed by the biofilm bacteria ... EPS comprises valuable products which are increasingly employed in ...

“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 ...

Researchers have known for more than 20 years that bacteria participate in collective behaviors such as forming biofilms and acquiring nutrients from the environment. But being part of a cooperative ...

An edible biofilm, obtained from agricultural and fishing waste and developed by researchers at the São Carlos Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo (IQSC-USP) in Brazil ...

Ma holds a doctoral degree in environmental engineering from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, a master’s degree in biotechnology from Northwestern University, and a bachelor’s degree in ...