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filamentous, granular, or powdered forms. It is a significant component of the biofilms produced by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a major pathogen found...

environment (i.e. external to the organism). These exopolymers include the biofilms produced by bacteria to anchor them and protect them from environmental...

crabs have wide variety of ecological and biogeochemical impacts due to the biofilms that live in symbiosis with them as well as their burrowing habits. Like...

organizer) of the Biofilms 2018 conference in Washington, DC, which had over 500 attendees, and is the lead organizer of the Biofilms 2021 conference...

Poly-acetyl glucosamines are integral to the structural integrity of the biofilms of various Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria and are...

process, preventing the original microbe from mutating into a superbug. The biofilms are made up of long atomic chains that can breach the cell wall. These...

immune system also support biofilm production and are associated with the biofilms developed in the gut. This is especially important because the appendix...

of the leading outbreaks found in constructed water systems. Because the biofilms are the source, countless outbreaks that originated from water systems...

surrounding their formation complicates any methods to completely eradicate the biofilms. However, it has been observed that certain antimicrobial agents such...

rather than uniformly spread. Despite its strong attachment to a surface, the biofilms of unsecured attached cells can move in water. In an environment lacking...

organisms contributing to the formation of the biofilms can be identified, exact composition of the biofilms is difficult to determine because many of...

foundation for establishing other microorganisms in a community. In the biofilms community, Flavobacteriia also engage in a variety of cooperated interactions...

been the first arthropods to walk on land. It has been suggested that the biofilms and microbial mats that covered much of the vast tidal flats during the...

common to find more than one type of virus attached to the cells while in the biofilms. Furthermore, the cells contain on average ≈92 ribosomes per cell, whereas...

S2CID 237996887. Sehar, Shama; Naz, Iffat (13 July 2016). "Role of the Biofilms in Wastewater Treatment". In Dhanasekaran, Dharumadurai; Thajuddin, Nooruddin...

spring, cave and soil environments microbial carbonates are important. In the biofilms and/or microbial mats, which are formed in the caves, the principal organisms...

treat infections such as tetracycline-resistant cholera“ by Ray et al., the biofilms demonstrated significant reductions in growth at multiple levels of treatment...

environmental stress compared to individual microorganisms. Despite the biofilms being highly dynamic in nature, the cells inside the aggregate are stationary...

the matrix. The minerals also associate with medical conditions. In the biofilms of Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, and Providencia rettgeri, the...

to fight off these bacterial infections. Sedghizadeh explained that the biofilms’ slimy matrix acts as extra protection against traditional antibiotics...