Bacterial biofilms are often defined as communities of surface-attached bacteria and are
typically depicted with a classic mushroom-shaped structure characteristic of Pseudomonas …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the six bacterial pathogens, Enterococcus faecium,
Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas …

Background A basic paradigm of human infection is that acute bacterial disease is caused
by fast growing planktonic bacteria while chronic infections are caused by slow-growing …

Bacteria can grow and proliferate either as single, independent cells or organized in
aggregates commonly referred to as biofilms. When bacteria succeed in forming a biofilm …

Highlights•Interaction of phages and biofilm cells depends on phage-host characteristics
and biofilm structure.•Biofilm features (eg matrix, cell metabolic state, resistant variants) …

Most of the research on bacterial pathogenesis has focused on acute infections, but much
less is known about the pathogenesis of infections caused by bacteria that grow as …

Biofilm formation is often considered the underlying reason why treatment with an
antimicrobial agent fails and as an estimated 65–80% of all human infections is thought to …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major cause of life-threatening acute infections and life-long
lasting chronic infections. The characteristic biofilm mode of life in P. aeruginosa chronic …

Biofilms are resilient to a wide variety of environmental stresses. This inherited robustness
has been exploited mainly for bioremediation. With a better understanding of their …

The still poorly explored world of microbial functioning is about to be uncovered by a
combined application of old and new technologies. Bacteria, especially, are still in the dark …