The global food supply has been facing increasing challenges during the first decades of the
21 st century. Disease in plants is an important constraint to worldwide crop production …

Nearly all microbes, including fungi, grow firmly attached to surfaces as a biofilm. Yet,
attention toward fungal interactions with plants and the environment is dedicated to free …

The roles of microbes in crop productivity, soil fertility, and plant health are widely
recognized and understood. However, improved strategies and new approaches are now …

Almost one‐third of crop yields are lost every year due to microbial alterations and diseases.
The main control strategy to limit these losses is the use of an array of chemicals active …

Microbial biofilms are a fascinating subject, due to their significant roles in the environment,
industry, and health. Advances in biochemical and molecular techniques have helped in …

Bacterial biofilm formation on fungi participates in the synergistic degradation of substrates,
antagonism of fungal growth, bacterial utilization of fungi as nutrient sources, and the …

▪ Abstract Bacteria associated with plants have been observed frequently to form
assemblages referred to as aggregates, microcolonies, symplasmata, or biofilms on leaves …

Infections caused by pathogenic fungi are a significant medical problem, as they are able to
disseminate to nearly every organ of the human body and there are few classes of antifungal …

Biofilm is a complex matrix made up of extracellular polysaccharides, DNA, and proteins that
protect bacteria against physical, chemical, and biological stresses and allow them to …

A biofilm comprises any group of microbes (archaea, bacteria, cyanobacteria, diatoms, fungi,
microalgae, protozoa) in which cells stick to each other. The cells within the biofilms produce …