Almost all micro-organisms subsist in elaborate colonies that are embedded in biofilms of self-produced exopolymer matrices. The biofilm allows the micro-organisms to adhere to any surface ...

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on earth; they are extremely resistant to antibiotics and stick tenaciously to most ...

It's never a good thing, when a bacterial biofilm forms on the surface of a medical implant. There could soon be a new way of ...

Bacteria permeate virtually every corner of the Earth. Most bacteria live in a biofilm state to enhance their survival and propagation, and to perform essential tasks for many ecosystems.

Following is a transcript of the video. Faye Donald: Today, I'm going to show you how guided biofilm therapy, or GBT, works when we professionally clean a patient's mouth from start to finish.

Here, Tanmay speaks to science journalist Geoff Marsh about his award-winning work on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its peculiar extracellular matrix in biofilms. The Q&A is an edited version of the ...

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...

Biofilms, composed of bacterial communities in a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), are highly resistant to antibiotics. Contrary to previous beliefs, EPS is not inherently sticky ...

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different environments ...

As the biofilm ages, however, bacteria remodel their surfaces to flip the interactions between EPS-producing cells and the ...