Magnesium and calcium ions: roles in bacterial cell attachment and biofilm structure maturation

T Wang, S Flint, J Palmer - Biofouling, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The ubiquitous divalent cations magnesium and calcium are important nutrients required by
bacteria for growth and cell maintenance. Multi-faceted roles are shown both in bacterial …

Biofilms: microbial shelters against antibiotics

S Hathroubi, MA Mekni, P Domenico… - Microbial Drug …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Biofilms are communities of aggregated bacterial cells embedded in a self-produced
extracellular polymeric matrix. Biofilms are recalcitrant to antibiotic treatment and immune …

[HTML][HTML] The many antibiotic resistance and tolerance strategies of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

D Sindeldecker, P Stoodley - Biofilm, 2021 - Elsevier
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterial pathogen associated with a wide range of infections
and utilizes several strategies to establish and maintain infection including biofilm …

The structural role of bacterial eDNA in the formation of biofilm streamers

E Secchi, G Savorana, A Vitale… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Across diverse habitats, bacteria are mainly found as biofilms, surface-attached communities
embedded in a self-secreted matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), which …

Regulation of biofilm exopolysaccharide production by cyclic di-guanosine monophosphate

MB Poulin, LL Kuperman - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Many bacterial species in nature possess the ability to transition into a sessile lifestyle and
aggregate into cohesive colonies, known as biofilms. Within a biofilm, bacterial cells are …

Enhancing the therapeutic use of biofilm-dispersing enzymes with smart drug delivery systems

CR Thorn, PL Howell, DJ Wozniak, CA Prestidge… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biofilm-dispersing enzymes degrade the extracellular polymeric matrix surrounding bacterial
biofilms, disperse the microbial community and increase their susceptibility to antibiotics and …

Advances in mechanisms and engineering of electroactive biofilms

Z You, J Li, Y Wang, D Wu, F Li, H Song - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Electroactive biofilms (EABs) are electroactive microorganisms (EAMs) encased in
conductive polymers that are secreted by EAMs and formed by the accumulation and cross …

A filamentous bacteriophage protein inhibits type IV pili to prevent superinfection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

AK Schmidt, AD Fitzpatrick, CM Schwartzkopf, DR Faith… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes infections in a variety of
settings. Many P. aeruginosa isolates are infected by filamentous Pf bacteriophage …

Biofilm formation–what we can learn from recent developments

T Bjarnsholt, K Buhlin, YF Dufrêne… - Journal of internal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Although biofilms have been observed early in the history of microbial research, their impact
has only recently been fully recognized. Biofilm infections, which contribute to up to 80% of …

Pyrogenic carbon facilitated microbial extracellular electron transfer in electrogenic granular sludge via geobattery mechanism

N Zhao, Y Liu, Y Zhang, Z Li - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Electroactive pyrogenic carbon (PC) is an intriguing candidate for realizing the ambitious
goals of large-scale applications of microbial electrochemical technologies (METs). In this …