Efflux pumps are widely implicated in antibiotic resistance because they can extrude the
majority of clinically relevant antibiotics from within cells to the extracellular environment …

Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory bone disease that is caused by an infecting microorganism
and leads to progressive bone destruction and loss. The most common causative species …

The Staphylococcus genus includes a diverse group of commensals that colonize mammals
on the skin or mucous membranes. Some of the best‐known members of this genus, such as …

Acute infections caused by pathogenic bacteria have been studied extensively for well over
100 years. These infections killed millions of people in previous centuries, but they have …

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 …

At present, researchers in the field of biomaterials are focusing on the oral hard and soft
tissue engineering with bioactive ingredients by activating body immune cells or different …

Biofilms are communities of microorganisms that live attached to surfaces. Biofilm formation
has received much attention in the last decade, as it has become clear that virtually all types …

Biofilm formation is often considered the underlying reason why treatment with an
antimicrobial agent fails and as an estimated 65–80% of all human infections is thought to …

For more than two decades, Biotechnology and Bioengineering has documented research
focused on natural and engineered microbial biofilms within aquatic and subterranean …

It has become evident that aggregation or biofilm formation is an important survival
mechanism for bacteria in almost any environment. In this review, we summarize recent …