Biofilms are organized bacterial communities embedded in an extracellular polymeric matrix
attached to living or abiotic surfaces. The development of biofilms is currently recognized as …

Biofilms are communities of microbial cells that are attached to each other and/or a surface,
and are embedded in an extracellular matrix produced by the bacteria and/or derived from …

Aims The purpose of the current work was to study the pattern and dynamics of biofilm
formation in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis in …

Background Biofilms are communities of aggregated, matrix-embedded microbial cells
showing a high tolerance to an in principle adequate antibiotic therapy, often resulting in …

Bacterial biofilm is an emerging clinical problem recognized in the treatment of infectious
diseases within the last two decades. The appearance of microbial biofilm in clinical settings …

Publisher Summary A number of technologies have been developed to study biofilm growth.
Although these technologies produce reproducible biofilms for the study of biofilm growth …

Our knowledge about the fundamental aspects of biofilm biology, including the mechanisms
behind the reduced antimicrobial susceptibility of biofilms, has increased drastically over the …

Biofilm-associated bacteria are less sensitive to antibiotics than free-living (planktonic) cells.
Furthermore, with variations in the concentration of antibiotics throughout a biofilm, microbial …

Since the 1960's much research has focused on biofilms, ie microbial-derived populations
irreversibly attached to a surface and embedded in a self-produced polymeric matrix. In this …

Determination of the MIC, based on the activities of antibiotics against planktonic bacteria, is
the standard assay for antibiotic susceptibility testing. Adherent bacterial populations …