Biofilm, pathogenesis and prevention—a journey to break the wall: a review

P Gupta, S Sarkar, B Das, S Bhattacharjee… - Archives of …, 2016 - Springer
Biofilms contain group (s) of microorganisms that are found to be associated with the biotic
and abiotic surfaces. Biofilms contain either homogenous or heterogeneous populations of …

Pseudomonas biofilm matrix composition and niche biology

EE Mann, DJ Wozniak - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Biofilms are a predominant form of growth for bacteria in the environment and in the clinic.
Critical for biofilm development are adherence, proliferation, and dispersion phases. Each of …

Review on bacterial biofilm: An universal cause of contamination

S Satpathy, SK Sen, S Pattanaik, S Raut - Biocatalysis and agricultural …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biofilms contain cluster of microorganisms that are found to be associated with the biotic and
abiotic surfaces. Biofilm formation is a dynamic process and different mechanisms are …

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa sensor RetS switches Type III and Type VI secretion via c‐di‐GMP signalling

JA Moscoso, H Mikkelsen, S Heeb… - Environmental …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Acute bacterial infections are associated with motility and cytotoxicity via the type III
secretion system (T3SS), while chronic infections are linked to biofilm formation and reduced …

Global regulatory pathways and cross-talk control Pseudomonas aeruginosa environmental lifestyle and virulence phenotype

KA Coggan, MC Wolfgang - Current issues in molecular biology, 2012 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a metabolically versatile environmental bacterium and an
opportunistic human pathogen that relies on numerous signaling pathways to sense …

Stress responses as determinants of antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

K Poole - Trends in microbiology, 2012 - cell.com
Bacteria encounter a myriad of potentially growth-compromising conditions in nature and in
hosts of pathogenic bacteria. These 'stresses' typically elicit protective and/or adaptive …

Biofilm formation of Klebsiella pneumoniae on urethral catheters requires either type 1 or type 3 fimbriae

SG Stahlhut, C Struve, KA Krogfelt… - FEMS Immunology & …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Urinary catheters are standard medical devices utilized in both hospital and nursing home
settings, but are associated with a high frequency of catheter-associated urinary tract …

Hacking into bacterial biofilms: a new therapeutic challenge

C Bordi, S De Bentzmann - Annals of intensive care, 2011 - Springer
Microbiologists have extensively worked during the past decade on a particular phase of the
bacterial cell cycle known as biofilm, in which single-celled individuals gather together to …

Insight into c-di-GMP regulation in anammox aggregation in response to alternating feed loadings

Y Guo, S Liu, X Tang, C Wang, Z Niu… - Environmental science & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Substrate concentrations generally fluctuate in wastewaters. However, how anammox
biomass behaves to overcome the stress of alternating feed loadings remains unclear. Here …

Indole affects biofilm formation in bacteria

M Hu, C Zhang, Y Mu, Q Shen, Y Feng - Indian journal of microbiology, 2010 - Springer
Biofilm is bacterial population adherent to each other and to surfaces or interfaces, often
enclosed by a matrix. Various biomolecules contribute to the establishment of biofilms, yet …