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.

Bacterial communities build biofilms to protect themselves from external threats, such as antibiotics. But researchers are now taking aim at these bacterial shields. “Biofilms can be good ...

If your teeth have ever felt fuzzy after skipping a brushing, you’ve encountered biofilm—a slimy bacterial layer that clings to surfaces. In medical settings, biofilms make infections harder ...

IIT-Bombay researchers identify bacteria Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter with potential in agriculture by breaking down harmful ...

However, similarly to humans, bacterial cells often socialize, using surfaces to coalesce into complex heterogeneous communities called biofilms. Within a group, bacteria in the biofilm are ...

Bacterial Space Biofilms (1st flight): Launched on November, 2019 (NG-12). Returned to Earth on January 2020 (SpaceX-19) Fungal Space Biofilms (2nd flight): Launched on February, 2022 (NG-17).

When bacteria make biofilms, they can become very hard to kill, even with effective antibiotics. Credit: Scharvik/iStock/Getty Images About 23,000 Americans and 25,000 Europeans die each year from ...

“The two became totally, irreversibly intertwined,” Chimileski added. Ever since, Chimileski has captured the intricate structures of hundreds of bacterial biofilms at microscopic and macroscopic ...

Park says, "We wanted to develop a CS-based biofilm with enhanced food coating ... improved antibacterial activity against two types of bacteria, confirming its effectiveness against multiple ...

This approach targets and removes universal structural elements within the bacterial biofilm, rapidly dismantling the structure and rendering bacteria vulnerable to immune response or antibiotic ...

Since the formation of a biofilm requires only some traces of moisture in the presence of bacteria and kin, this makes it likely that during the manufacturing or usage of medical equipment a ...