Engineered living biomaterials

A Rodrigo-Navarro, S Sankaran, MJ Dalby… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Biomaterials have evolved from inert materials that lack interaction with the body to
biologically active, instructive materials that host and provide signals to surrounding cells …

Biofilm formation and inhibition mediated by bacterial quorum sensing

Y Wang, Z Bian, Y Wang - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2022 - Springer
As a complex microbial aggregate, biofilm is a group behavior of bacterial ability to adapt to
the environment. Bacteria produce biofilm substrates that enhance their tolerance to stress …

Flexible bioelectronic device fabricated by conductive polymer–based living material

Z Wang, H Bai, W Yu, Z Gao, W Chen, Z Yang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Living materials are worked as an inside collaborative system that could naturally respond to
changing environmental conditions. The regulation of bioelectronic processes in living …

[HTML][HTML] The plastisphere microbiome in alpine soils alters the microbial genetic potential for plastic degradation and biogeochemical cycling

J Rüthi, BM Rast, W Qi, C Perez-Mon… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic is exceedingly abundant in soils, but little is known about its ecological
consequences for soil microbiome functioning. Here we report the impacts of polyethylene …

[HTML][HTML] Global expansion of Vibrio parahaemolyticus threatens the seafood industry: Perspective on controlling its biofilm formation

D Wang, SH Flint, JS Palmer, D Gagic, GC Fletcher… - Lwt, 2022 - Elsevier
As global warming increases the geographical range and frequency of Vibrio
parahaemolyticus infections, its formation of biofilms providing bacteria greater resistance to …

Extracellular DNA, cell surface proteins and c-di-GMP promote biofilm formation in Clostridioides difficile

LF Dawson, J Peltier, CL Hall, MA Harrison… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Clostridioides difficile is the leading cause of nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrhoea
worldwide, yet there is little insight into intestinal tract colonisation and relapse. In many …

Biofilm regulation in Clostridioides difficile: Novel systems linked to hypervirulence

MG Taggart, WJ Snelling, PJ Naughton… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Clostridiodes difficile (C. difficile) was ranked an “urgent threat” by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2019. C. difficile infection (CDI) is the most common …

Microgravity and evasion of plant innate immunity by human bacterial pathogens

N Totsline, KE Kniel, HP Bais - npj Microgravity, 2023 - nature.com
Spaceflight microgravity and modeled-microgravity analogs (MMA) broadly alter gene
expression and physiology in both pathogens and plants. Research elucidating plant and …

The complicated relationship of short-chain fatty acids and oral microbiome: a narrative review

GE Leonov, YR Varaeva, EN Livantsova… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The human oral microbiome has emerged as a focal point of research due to its profound
implications for human health. The involvement of short-chain fatty acids in oral microbiome …

The influence of spaceflight and simulated microgravity on bacterial motility and chemotaxis

JM Acres, MJ Youngapelian, J Nadeau - npj Microgravity, 2021 - nature.com
As interest in space exploration rises, there is a growing need to quantify the impact of
microgravity on the growth, survival, and adaptation of microorganisms, including those …