Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has recently re-emerged as a major public health
threat despite high levels of vaccination against the aetiological agent Bordetella pertussis …

Surface-attached colonies of bacteria known as biofilms play a major role in the
pathogenesis of medical device infections. Biofilm colonies are notorious for their resistance …

We examined the chemical composition of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)
extracted from two natural microbial pellicle biofilms growing on acid mine drainage (AMD) …

Bacterial biofilms are structured communities of bacterial cells enclosed in a self-produced
polymer matrix that is attached to a surface. Biofilms protect and allow bacteria to survive …

Asymptomatic colonization of the nasopharynx by Streptococcus pneumoniae precedes
pneumococcal disease, yet pneumococcal colonization factors remain poorly understood …

The cold marine environment constitutes a large proportion of the Earth's biosphere.
Sphingopyxis alaskensis was isolated as a numerically abundant bacterium from several …

The extracellular matrix of most bacterial biofilms contains polysaccharides, proteins, and
nucleic acids. These biopolymers have been shown to mediate fundamental biofilm-related …

The periodontopathogen Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans forms tenacious biofilms
on abiotic surfaces in vitro. The objective of the present study was to measure the …

Despite high vaccine coverage, whooping cough caused by Bordetella pertussis remains
one of the most common vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide. Introduction of whole-cell …

Bordetellae are respiratory pathogens that infect both humans and animals. Bordetella
bronchiseptica establishes asymptomatic and long-term to life-long infections of animal …