Distinct bacterial population dynamics and disease dissemination after biofilm dispersal and disassembly

Y Ma, Y Deng, H Hua, BL Khoo, SL Chua - The ISME Journal, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Microbial communities that form surface-attached biofilms must release and disperse their
constituent cells into the environment to colonize fresh sites for continued survival of their …

Biofilm dispersion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

SK Kim, JH Lee - Journal of microbiology, 2016 - Springer
In recent decades, many researchers have written numerous articles about microbial
biofilms. Biofilm is a complex community of microorganisms and an example of bacterial …

Biofilm disruption by an air bubble reveals heterogeneous age-dependent detachment patterns dictated by initial extracellular matrix distribution

H Jang, R Rusconi, R Stocker - npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2017 - nature.com
Bacteria often adhere to surfaces, where they form communities known as biofilms.
Recently, it has been shown that biofilm formation initiates with the microscopically …

Biofilm dispersion

KP Rumbaugh, K Sauer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
The formation of microbial biofilms enables single planktonic cells to assume a multicellular
mode of growth. During dispersion, the final step of the biofilm life cycle, single cells egress …

Go forth and colonize: dispersal from clinically important microbial biofilms

P Uppuluri, JL Lopez-Ribot - PLoS pathogens, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The past two decades have witnessed remarkable developments in the field of microbial
biofilm research, with the implementation of advanced molecular technologies enabling in …

Founder cell configuration drives competitive outcome within colony biofilms

L Eigentler, M Kalamara, G Ball, CE MacPhee… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Bacteria can form dense communities called biofilms, where cells are embedded in a self-
produced extracellular matrix. Exploiting competitive interactions between strains within the …

Biofilm dispersal: multiple elaborate strategies for dissemination of bacteria with unique properties

C Guilhen, C Forestier, D Balestrino - Molecular microbiology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In most environments, microorganisms evolve in a sessile mode of growth, designated as
biofilm, which is characterized by cells embedded in a self‐produced extracellular matrix …

Both Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans accumulate greater biomass in dual-species biofilms under flow

S Kasetty, DL Mould, DA Hogan, CD Nadell - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microbe-microbe interactions can strongly influence growth and biofilm formation kinetics.
For Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans, which are found together in diverse …

Should we stay or should we go: mechanisms and ecological consequences for biofilm dispersal

D McDougald, SA Rice, N Barraud… - Nature Reviews …, 2012 - nature.com
In most environments, bacteria reside primarily in biofilms, which are social consortia of cells
that are embedded in an extracellular matrix and undergo developmental programmes …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrodynamics and surface properties influence biofilm proliferation

M Krsmanovic, D Biswas, H Ali, A Kumar… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A biofilm is an interface-associated colloidal dispersion of bacterial cells and excreted
polymers in which microorganisms find protection from their environment. Successful …