Bacterial adhesion and subsequent biofilm formation on biomedical implants and devices
are a major cause of their failure. As systemic antibiotic treatment is often ineffective, there is …

Phenotypically heterogeneous microenvironments emerge as biofilms mature across
different environments. Phenotypic heterogeneity in biofilm sub-populations not obeying …

Bacterial adhesion to surfaces is a crucial step in initial biofilm formation. In a combined
experimental and computational approach, we studied the adhesion of the pathogenic …

Objective To determine streptococcal adhesion forces with composite resins with different
surface roughness. Methods Polishing and grinding were applied to obtain smooth …

Bacterial adhesion onto mineral surfaces and subsequent biofilm formation play key roles in
aggregate stability, mineral weathering and the fate of contaminants in soils. However, the …

Centrifugal damage has been known to alter bacterial cell surface properties and interior
structures, including DNA. Very few studies exist on bacterial damage caused by …

Nanopatterned surfaces are believed to kill bacteria through physical deformation, a
mechanism that has immense potential against biochemical resistance. Because of its …

The oral cavity is colonized by microorganisms growing in biofilms in which interspecies
interactions take place. Streptococcus mutans grows in biofilms on enamel surfaces and is …

Although polycationic surfaces have high antimicrobial efficacies, they suffer from high
toxicity to mammalian cells and severe surface accumulation of dead bacteria. For the first …

Programmable remodelling of cell surfaces enables high-precision regulation of cell
behavior. In this work, we developed in vitro constructed DNA-based chemical reaction …