Over millennia, bacteria have developed clever strategies to build biopolymer‐based
communities in which they can survive even extremely challenging conditions. Such …

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 …

Biofouling is a ubiquitous problem in many industrial systems including reverse osmosis
(RO) desalination units where the biofilm impedes the water flow. It is essential to develop …

Bacterial biofilms in natural and artificial environments perform a wide array of beneficial or
detrimental functions and exhibit resistance to physical as well as chemical perturbations. In …

The physicochemical properties and biological activity of levan, a generic term given to oligo-
and polysaccharides consisting of fructose units linked predominantly by β (2-6) bonds, are …

Biofilm production is a key virulence factor that facilitates bacterial colonization on host
surfaces and is regulated by complex pathways, including quorum sensing, that also control …

High resistance of biofilms for chemical challenges is a serious industrial and medical
problem. In this work a gradient of surface covered with biofilm has been produced and …

Biofilms occur in a broad range of environments under heterogeneous physicochemical
conditions, such as in bioremediation plants, on surfaces of biomedical implants, and in the …

The worldwide microplastics pollution is a serious environmental and health problem that is
currently not effectively mitigated. In this work we tested jellyfish mucus as a new …

Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are microorganisms widely distributed in nature. Although this
group is involved in the spoilage of some foods, AAB are of great industrial interest, and their …