Bacterial biofilm and associated infections

M Jamal, W Ahmad, S Andleeb, F Jalil… - Journal of the chinese …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Microscopic entities, microorganisms that drastically affect human health need to be
thoroughly investigated. A biofilm is an architectural colony of microorganisms, within a …

[HTML][HTML] Biofilms by bacterial human pathogens: Clinical relevance-development, composition and regulation-therapeutical strategies

A Schulze, F Mitterer, JP Pombo, S Schild - Microbial Cell, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Notably, bacterial biofilm formation is increasingly recognized as a passive virulence factor
facilitating many infectious disease processes. In this review we will focus on bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] Review on the current status of polymer degradation: a microbial approach

VM Pathak - Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2017 - Springer
Inertness and the indiscriminate use of synthetic polymers leading to increased land and
water pollution are of great concern. Plastic is the most useful synthetic polymer, employed …

Quorum sensing inhibitors: an overview

VC Kalia - Biotechnology advances, 2013 - Elsevier
Excessive and indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections has lead to the
emergence of multiple drug resistant strains. Most infectious diseases are caused by …

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 …

A review on biofilm-based reactors for wastewater treatment: Recent advancements in biofilm carriers, kinetics, reactors, economics, and future perspectives

S Murshid, AJ Antonysamy… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Industrialization plays an important role in the growth of a nation. But it is also added to the
deteriorating condition of our ecosystem. Pollution, be it aquatic, terrestrial, or airborne, has …

In vitro biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus isolated from wounds of hospital-admitted patients and their association with antimicrobial resistance

P Neopane, HP Nepal, R Shrestha… - … journal of general …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Staphylococcus aureus including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has the
propensity to form biofilms, and causes significant mortality and morbidity in the patients with …

Biofilm formation in milk production and processing environments; influence on milk quality and safety

S Marchand, J De Block, V De Jonghe… - … Reviews in Food …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteria in milk have the ability to adhere and aggregate on stainless steel surfaces,
resulting in biofilm formation in milk storage tanks and milk process lines. Growth of biofilms …

Bacterial biofilm: structure, function, and antimicrobial resistance

D Dufour, V Leung, CM Lévesque - Endodontic Topics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Biofilms are microbial communities attached to surfaces and encased in an extracellular
matrix of microbial origin. They represent the predominant form of microbial life. Biofilms are …

Control and remediation methods for eutrophic lakes in the past 30 years

Y Zhang, P Luo, S Zhao, S Kang, P Wang… - Water Science and …, 2020 - iwaponline.com
Accelerated eutrophication, which is harmful and difficult to repair, is one of the most obvious
and pervasive water pollution problems in the world. In the past three decades, the …