Notably, bacterial biofilm formation is increasingly recognized as a passive virulence factor
facilitating many infectious disease processes. In this review we will focus on bacterial …

The ability to construct and maintain a structured multicellular bacterial community depends
critically on the production of extracellular matrix components (1, 2). While the biofilm matrix …

Biofilms are communities of microbial cells that underpin diverse processes including
sewage bioremediation, plant growth promotion, chronic infections and industrial biofouling …

Nearly all bacteria form biofilms as a strategy for survival and persistence. Biofilms are
associated with biotic and abiotic surfaces and are composed of aggregates of cells that are …

Biofilms are a widely observed growth mode in which microbial communities are spatially
structured and embedded in a polymeric extracellular matrix. Here, we focus on the model …

Every mammal on the planet is colonized with E. coli (1), as well as cold‐blooded animals
(eg, fish) at an appropriately warm temperature (2). We estimate there are 1021 E. coli cells …

Microorganisms in the natural environment typically live on or in close association with
surfaces and predominantly exist as biofilms, surface attached microbial communities …

It is now well accepted that Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the water-borne disease
cholera, is acquired from environmental sources where it persists between outbreaks of the …

In their natural environment, microbes organize into communities held together by an
extracellular matrix composed of polysaccharides and proteins. We have developed an in …

Quorum sensing (QS) is a cell–cell communication process that enables bacteria to track
cell population density and orchestrate collective behaviors. QS relies on the production and …