The interaction of bacteria with surfaces has important implications in a range of areas,
including bioenergy, biofouling, biofilm formation, and the infection of plants and animals …

Titanium (Ti) and titanium alloys have become widely used as biomedical materials in
orthopedics because of their good machinability, corrosion resistance, low elastic modulus …

Light-triggered therapy is a prospective method to combat implant-associated infection but
near-infrared I (NIR-I) light has insufficient penetrating ability in tissues and local …

Bacteria communicate via short-range physical and chemical signals, interactions known to
mediate quorum sensing, sporulation, and other adaptive phenotypes. Although most in vitro …

The biofilms formed by bacteria at the wound site can effectively protect the bacteria, which
greatly weakens the effect of antibiotics. Herein, a microneedle patch for wound treatment is …

Acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs)-mediated quorum sensing in bacterial communities have
been extensively observed. However, the metabolic pathways regulated by AHLs in bacteria …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease mainly manifested in the respiratory tract.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is the most common pathogen identified in …

Microbes frequently live in nature as small, densely packed aggregates containing∼ 101–
105 cells. These aggregates not only display distinct phenotypes, including resistance to …

Recently, quorum sensing (QS) inhibitors (QSIs) have been combined with antibiotics to
enhance antibiofilm efficacy in vitro and in vivo. However, targeting QS signals alone is not …

Background Nanotechnology and bacteriology at first sight may seem like two disparate
worlds, but a rapidly moving field of research has formed at the interface of these disciplines …