Phototrophic biofilms occur on surfaces exposed to light in a range of terrestrial and aquatic
environments. Oxygenic phototrophs like diatoms, green algae, and cyanobacteria are the …

Biofilms are the primary cause of clinical bacterial infections and are impervious to typical
amounts of antibiotics, necessitating very high doses for elimination. Therefore, it is …

Present day awareness of biofilm colonization on polymeric surfaces has prompted the
scientific community to develop an ever-increasing number of new materials with anti-biofilm …

Extreme hydrological events cause stress in a soil environment, which directly affects the
activity of the soil microbiome. The objective of this research is to determine the functional …

This work presents the first review on biodiversity, biodeterioration and bioreceptivity of
architectural ceramics. Literature dating from 1972 to 2014 was compiled and analysed in …

Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) are important mercury methylators in sediments, but
information on mercury methylators in other compartments is ambiguous. To investigate …

A kinetic model for mixed phototrophic biofilms is introduced, which focuses on the
interactions between photoautotrophic, heterotrophic, and chemoautotrophic (nitrifying) …

Microbial communities mediate crucial biogeochemical, biomedical and biotechnological
processes, yet our understanding of their assembly, and our ability to control its outcome …

In photosynthesis, a very small amount of the solar energy absorbed is transformed into
chemical energy, while the rest is wasted as heat and fluorescence. This excess energy can …

Identification of factors which can influence the natural attenuation process with available
microbial genetic capacities can support the bioremediation which has been viewed as the …