A variety of pathogenic microorganisms can survive in the drinking water distribution
systems (DWDS) by forming stable biofilms and, thus, continually disseminating their …

Present day awareness of biofilm colonization on polymeric surfaces has prompted the
scientific community to develop an ever-increasing number of new materials with anti-biofilm …

In order to understand the role of biofilm in the emergence of antibiotic resistance, a total of
104 clinical Acinetobacter baumannii strains were investigated for their biofilm-forming …

Emergence of antimicrobial drug-resistance amongst food-borne pathogens has led to
severe deficit of available therapeutics and requires novel interventions. This study …

Biofouling is among the key factors slowing down healing of acute and chronic wounds.
Here we report both anti-biofilm and wound-healing properties of the chitosan-immobilized …

The activation of direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) by the supplementation of
conductive materials is one of the effective and available methods to enhance anaerobic …

Chitosan, the product of chitin deacetylation, is an excellent candidate for enzyme
immobilization purposes. Here we demonstrate that papain, an endolytic cysteine protease …

The development of treatments for critical-sized bone defects has been considered an
important topic in the biomedical field because of the high demand for transplantable bone …

SYTO 9 is a fluorescent nucleic acid stain that is widely used in microbiology, particularly for
fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry analyzes. Fluorimetry-based analysis, ie …

In mixed infections, the bacterial susceptibility differs significantly compared to monocultures
of bacteria, and generally the concentrations of antibiotics required for the treatment …