Biofilm is one of the major problems in food industries and is difficult to be removed or
prevented by conventional sanitizers. In this review, we discussed the extracellular matrix …

Bacterial biofilms are intricate ecosystems of microbial communities that adhere to various
surfaces and are enveloped by an extracellular matrix composed of polymeric substances …

Infections by pathogenic Acinetobacter species represent a significant burden on the health
care system, despite their relative rarity, due to the difficulty of treating infections through oral …

The ability of bacterial pathogens to establish recurrent and persistent infections is
frequently associated with their ability to form biofilms. Clostridioides difficile infections have …

Bacterial biofilm has brought a lot of intractable problems in food and biomedicine areas.
Conventional biofilm control mainly focuses on inactivation and removal of biofilm. However …

C. jejuni is an important food-borne pathogen displaying high genetic diversity, substantially
based on natural transformation. The mechanism of DNA uptake from the environment …

C. difficile infection (CDI) is a costly and increasing burden on the healthcare systems of
many developed countries due to the high rates of nosocomial infections. Despite the …

Clostridioides difficile is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, rod-shaped, obligate anaerobe that
is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Type IV pili (T4P) are elongated …

Mucins are glycoproteins which can be found in host cell membranes and as a gelatinous
surface formed from secreted mucins. Mucosal surfaces in mammals form a barrier to …

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), previously Clostridium difficile infection, is a
symptomatic infection of the large intestine caused by the spore-forming anaerobic, gram …