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    Biofilm (redirect from Biofilms)
    microorganisms, they have been metaphorically described as "cities for microbes". Biofilms may form on living (biotic) or non-living (abiotic) surfaces and can be...
    121 KB (14,129 words) - 13:06, 11 September 2024
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    Filtration (section Biofilms)
    single- or dual-species biofilms is a novel technology since natural biofilms are sluggishly developing. The use of biofilms in the biofiltration process...
    24 KB (3,152 words) - 22:18, 14 September 2024
  • April 2014 with three journals: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, and npj Schizophrenia. Each journal in the series is published...
    8 KB (641 words) - 03:29, 7 May 2024
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    prokaryotes, such as cyanobacteria, may form colonies held together by biofilms, and large colonies can create multilayered microbial mats. Others, such...
    44 KB (4,770 words) - 00:41, 21 September 2024
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    of biofilms, and are considered the fundamental component that determines the physicochemical properties of a biofilm. EPS in the matrix of biofilms provides...
    63 KB (7,322 words) - 17:38, 26 August 2024
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    environmental remediation applications, including the fabrication of functional biofilms that host functional microorganisms that can facilitate pollutant removal...
    47 KB (5,161 words) - 16:02, 26 September 2024
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    matter and pollutants, and are key members in the formation of marine biofilms. They also have been known to cause diseases in some animal species, specifically...
    29 KB (3,039 words) - 10:33, 17 June 2024
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    is capable of extensive colonization, and can aggregate into enduring biofilms. The word Pseudomonas means "false unit", from the Greek pseudēs (Greek:...
    92 KB (10,021 words) - 09:56, 22 September 2024
  • politician. He specialises in microbiology and was a pioneer in the study of biofilms and their role in conditions such as cystic fibrosis. He worked for many...
    4 KB (288 words) - 22:20, 3 July 2024
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    development of the biofilms. Although S. mutans can be antagonized by pioneer colonizers, once they become dominant in oral biofilms, dental caries can...
    50 KB (5,946 words) - 05:08, 26 September 2024
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    with catheters or other surgical implants because it is known to form biofilms that grow on these devices. Being part of the normal skin microbiota, S...
    28 KB (2,880 words) - 10:58, 11 August 2024
  • Examples are colonies or swarms of myxobacteria, quorum sensing, and biofilms. It has been suggested that a bacterial colony loosely mimics a biological...
    21 KB (2,307 words) - 16:41, 25 August 2024
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    fast-flowing shallow areas of streams, such as riffles, feeding on algae and biofilms. There are more than 150 genera and 1,500 described species in Elmidae...
    5 KB (362 words) - 20:43, 14 October 2023
  • eradicate susceptible S. aureus biofilms. It has also been reported to be effective in disrupting S. epidermidis biofilms in vitro, albeit at higher concentrations...
    6 KB (734 words) - 11:37, 20 January 2024
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    might be expected that tadpole fossils would not exist. However, traces of biofilms have been preserved and fossil tadpoles have been found dating back to...
    17 KB (2,025 words) - 01:30, 27 August 2024
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    systems easily. With this ability to infiltrate water systems, they can form biofilms in the walls of pipes which can lead to this bacterium being aerosolized...
    39 KB (4,569 words) - 06:02, 28 September 2024
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    virulence of S. marcescens. Phloretin not only disrupts the structure of biofilms but increases the level of ethanolamine, a critical ingredient of the cell...
    30 KB (3,314 words) - 13:18, 11 September 2024
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    Biofilms. Bacteria often attach to surfaces and form dense aggregations called biofilms and larger formations known as microbial mats. These biofilms...
    143 KB (15,532 words) - 00:56, 20 September 2024
  • studies of bacteria adhered to surfaces (living within communities called biofilms). The lab popularized the concept of bacterial biofilm formation as developmental...
    48 KB (4,968 words) - 00:06, 16 August 2024
  • treating illness caused by biofilms, and prevent the formation of such biofilms and possibly weaken established biofilms. Disrupting the signaling process...
    81 KB (9,940 words) - 17:38, 25 September 2024
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