Existence of most bacterial species, in natural, industrial, and clinical settings in the form of
surface-adhered communities or biofilms has been well acknowledged for decades …

Bacteria and fungi tend to coexist within biofilms instead of in planktonic states. Usually,
such communities include cross-kingdom microorganisms, which make them harder to …

Bacterial biofilms are problematic wherever water contacts with surfaces. Although
germicidal ultraviolet (UV)-C irradiation effectively inactivates microorganisms in flowing …

Microbial colonization on plastic polymers has been extensively explored, however the
temporal dynamics of biofilm community in Antarctic environments are almost unknown. As a …

Biofilms are the main carrier of microbial communities throughout drinking water distribution
systems (DWDSs), and strongly affect the safety of drinking water. Understanding biofilm …

Non-thermal plasma has been an emerging technology for water treatment for decades. In
this study, we have designed and fabricated a bubbling plasma batch reactor using an …

While sequencing technologies have revolutionized our knowledge of microbial diversity,
little is known about the dynamic emergent phenotypes that arise within the context of mixed …

A spacecraft is a confined system that is inhabited by a changing microbial consortium,
mostly originating from life-supporting devices, equipment collected in pre-flight conditions …

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have been regarded as emerging environmental
contaminants. The profile of resistome (collection of all ARGs) in drinking water and its fate …

Biofilms are self-organized communities of microorganisms that are encased in an
extracellular polymeric matrix and often found attached to surfaces. Biofilms are widely …