Biofilm formation is an integral part of the microbial life cycle in nature. In food processing
environments, bacterial transmissions occur primarily through raw or undercooked foods …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a key pathogen of chronic infections in the lungs of cystic
fibrosis patients and in patients suffering from chronic wounds of diverse etiology. In these …

Cell-to-cell communication is a major process that allows bacteria to sense and coordinately
react to the fluctuating conditions of the surrounding environment. In several pathogens, this …

In traditional models of in vitro biofilm development, individual bacterial cells seed a surface,
multiply, and mature into multicellular, three-dimensional structures. Much research has …

Rhamnolipids are glycolipidic biosurfactants produced by various bacterial species. They
were initially found as exoproducts of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa …

Biofilms contain bacterial cells that are in a wide range of physiological states. Within a
biofilm population, cells with diverse genotypes and phenotypes that express distinct …

▪ Abstract The role of biofilms in the pathogenesis of some chronic human infections is now
widely accepted. However, the criteria used to determine whether a given infection is …

Bacterial biofilms are involved in a multitude of serious chronic infections. In recent years,
modeling of biofilm infection in vitro has led to the identification of microbial determinants …

Biosurfactants (BS) are surface-active molecules produced by microorganisms. For several
decades they have attracted interest as promising alternatives to current petroleum-based …

SUMMARY A select group of microorganisms inhabit the airways of individuals with cystic
fibrosis. Once established within the pulmonary environment in these patients, many of …