Most bacteria attach to biotic or abiotic surfaces and are embedded in a complex matrix
which is known as biofilm. Biofilm formation is especially worrisome in clinical settings as it …

Bacterial conjugation, also referred to as bacterial sex, is a major horizontal gene transfer
mechanism through which DNA is transferred from a donor to a recipient bacterium by direct …

Biofilms in water environments are thought to be hot spots for horizontal gene transfer (HGT)
of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). ARGs can be spread via HGT, though mechanisms …

Microorganisms grouped together into spatially-organized communities called biofilms, are
the cause of dramatic chronic infections in plants, animals and humans. In this review, the …

Bacterial resistance toward broad‐spectrum antibiotics has become a major concern in
recent years. The threat posed by the infectious bacteria and the pace with which resistance …

The recent focus on complex bacterial communities has led to the recognition of interactions
across species boundaries. This is particularly pronounced in multispecies biofilms, where …

A community-based sessile life style is the normal mode of growth and survival for many
bacterial species. Under such conditions, cell-to-cell interactions are inevitable and …

Biofilms are complex communities of microorganisms attached to surfaces or associated
with interfaces. Despite the focus of modern microbiology research on pure culture …

This book unifies and extends latent variable models, including multilevel or generalized
linear mixed models, longitudinal or panel models, item response or factor models, latent …

Microorganisms universally attach to surfaces and produce extracellular polysaccharides,
resulting in the formation of a biofilm. Biofilms pose a serious problem for public health …