Staphylococcal biofilm development: structure, regulation, and treatment strategies

K Schilcher, AR Horswill - Microbiology and Molecular Biology …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
In many natural and clinical settings, bacteria are associated with some type of biotic or
abiotic surface that enables them to form biofilms, a multicellular lifestyle with bacteria …

Biofilm dispersion

KP Rumbaugh, K Sauer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
The formation of microbial biofilms enables single planktonic cells to assume a multicellular
mode of growth. During dispersion, the final step of the biofilm life cycle, single cells egress …

The dental plaque biofilm matrix

NS Jakubovics, SD Goodman… - Periodontology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The extracellular matrix is a critical component of microbial biofilms, such as dental plaque,
maintaining the spatial arrangement of cells and coordinating cellular functions throughout …

Biofilms as promoters of bacterial antibiotic resistance and tolerance

C Uruén, G Chopo-Escuin, J Tommassen… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multidrug resistant bacteria are a global threat for human and animal health. However, they
are only part of the problem of antibiotic failure. Another bacterial strategy that contributes to …

[HTML][HTML] Biofilm patterns in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

R Ruhal, R Kataria - Microbiological Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria are attributable to matrix-enclosed
aggregates known as biofilms. Biofilms are root cause of industrial biofouling and …

Marine plastic debris: a new surface for microbial colonization

RJ Wright, G Erni-Cassola, V Zadjelovic… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Plastics become rapidly colonized by microbes when released into marine environments.
This microbial community—the Plastisphere—has recently sparked a multitude of scientific …

Bacterial biofilm inhibition: A focused review on recent therapeutic strategies for combating the biofilm mediated infections

R Srinivasan, S Santhakumari, P Poonguzhali… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biofilm formation is a major concern in various sectors and cause severe problems to public
health, medicine, and industry. Bacterial biofilm formation is a major persistent threat, as it …

Antibiotics versus biofilm: an emerging battleground in microbial communities

D Sharma, L Misba, AU Khan - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection …, 2019 - Springer
Biofilm is a complex structure of microbiome having different bacterial colonies or single type
of cells in a group; adhere to the surface. These cells are embedded in extracellular …

Nanozymes: classification, catalytic mechanisms, activity regulation, and applications

Y Huang, J Ren, X Qu - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Because of the high catalytic activities and substrate specificity, natural enzymes have been
widely used in industrial, medical, and biological fields, etc. Although promising, they often …

Spatial transcriptomics of planktonic and sessile bacterial populations at single-cell resolution

D Dar, N Dar, L Cai, DK Newman - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Microbial populations display heterogeneous gene expression profiles that
result in phenotypic differences between individual bacteria. This diversity can allow …