In many natural and clinical settings, bacteria are associated with some type of biotic or
abiotic surface that enables them to form biofilms, a multicellular lifestyle with bacteria …

The formation of multicellular microbial communities, called biofilms, starts from the
adhesion of a few planktonic cells to the surface. The transition from a free-living planktonic …

Bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces have offered unique advantages in combating
microbial contaminations involving fungi, bacteria, and viruses, especially during the global …

Many bacteria, both environmental and pathogenic, exhibit the property of autoaggregation.
In autoaggregation (sometimes also called autoagglutination or flocculation), bacteria of the …

Bacterial fouling is a persistent problem causing the deterioration and failure of functional
surfaces for industrial equipment/components; numerous human, animal, and plant …

We review the literature on swimming in complex fluids. A classification is proposed by
comparing the length-and timescales of a swimmer with those of nearby obstacles …

We review recent work on active colloids at interfaces, including self-propelled colloids that
move by generating a propulsive force, and driven colloids that move under external fields …

Bacterial adsorption to interfaces is the initial step in biofilm formation. The mechanism of
biofilm formation at liquid-liquid interfaces differs from the process of biofilm formation on …

Bacteria are important examples of active or self-propelled colloids. Because of their
directed motion, they accumulate near interfaces. There, they can become trapped and swim …

During the consumption of alkanes, Alcanivorax borkumensis will form a biofilm around an
oil droplet, but the role this plays during degradation remains unclear. We identified a shift in …