Biofilm is a complex structure of microbiome having different bacterial colonies or single type
of cells in a group; adhere to the surface. These cells are embedded in extracellular …

The genus Mycobacterium includes human pathogens (Mycobacterium tuberculosis and
Mycobacterium leprae) and environmental organisms known as non-tuberculous …

Background Legionella pneumophila, Mycobacterium avium, and Pseudomonas
aeruginosa are opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs) that persist and grow in …

The environments we humans encounter daily are sources of exposure to diverse microbial
communities, some of potential concern to human health. In this study, we used culture …

Orthopedic implant infections are a significant clinical problem, with current therapies limited
to surgical debridement and systemic antibiotic regimens. Lysostaphin is a bacteriolytic …

To determine whether plumbing could be a source of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
infection, during 2007–2009 I isolated NTM from samples from household water systems of …

La evolución entre la infección por Mycobacterium tuberculosis y la tuberculosis activa es
multifactorial e implica diferentes escalas biológicas. La síntesis de ESAT-6 o la inducción …

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emergent pathogens whose importance in human
health has been growing. After being regarded mainly as etiological agents of opportunist …

The broad-spectrum profile of bacterial pathogens and their fate in sewage treatment plants
(STPs) were investigated using high-throughput sequencing based metagenomic approach …

A number of non-tuberculous mycobacterium species are opportunistic pathogens and
ubiquitously form biofilms. These infections are often recalcitrant to treatment and require …