Integrating biochar, bacteria, and plants for sustainable remediation of soils contaminated with organic pollutants

L Xiang, JD Harindintwali, F Wang… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The contamination of soil with organic pollutants has been accelerated by agricultural and
industrial development and poses a major threat to global ecosystems and human health …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

MTT Thi, D Wibowo, BHA Rehm - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen causing devastating acute
and chronic infections in individuals with compromised immune systems. Its highly notorious …

Tolerance and Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms to Antimicrobial Agents—How P. aeruginosa Can Escape Antibiotics

O Ciofu, T Tolker-Nielsen - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the six bacterial pathogens, Enterococcus faecium,
Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas …

Effect of synthetic surfactants on the environment and the potential for substitution by biosurfactants

P Johnson, A Trybala, V Starov, VJ Pinfield - Advances in colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The environmental impacts of the use of synthetic surfactants are discussed in this work
such as their high levels of toxicity and low biodegradability. These materials destroy aquatic …

Targeting the holy triangle of quorum sensing, biofilm formation, and antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria

RV Sionov, D Steinberg - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic and recurrent bacterial infections are frequently associated with the formation of
biofilms on biotic or abiotic materials that are composed of mono-or multi-species cultures of …

Biofilm formation and inhibition mediated by bacterial quorum sensing

Y Wang, Z Bian, Y Wang - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2022 - Springer
As a complex microbial aggregate, biofilm is a group behavior of bacterial ability to adapt to
the environment. Bacteria produce biofilm substrates that enhance their tolerance to stress …

Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) with biofilm-forming ability: a multifaceted agent for sustainable agriculture

N Ajijah, A Fiodor, AK Pandey, A Rana, K Pranaw - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) enhance plant growth, as well as protect plants
from several biotic and abiotic stresses through a variety of mechanisms. Therefore, the …

The role of mycorrhizae and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in improving crop productivity under stressful environments

SM Nadeem, M Ahmad, ZA Zahir, A Javaid… - Biotechnology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Both biotic and abiotic stresses are major constrains to agricultural production. Under stress
conditions, plant growth is affected by a number of factors such as hormonal and nutritional …

The role of bacterial biofilms in chronic infections

T Bjarnsholt - Apmis, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Acute infections caused by pathogenic bacteria have been studied extensively for well over
100 years. These infections killed millions of people in previous centuries, but they have …

Biofilm dispersion and quorum sensing

C Solano, M Echeverz, I Lasa - Current opinion in microbiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Biofilm development and quorum sensing are social bacterial
behaviours.•Quorum sensing regulates genes involved in biofilm development.•Quorum …