Most free-living bacteria can attach to surfaces and aggregate to grow into multicellular
communities encased in extracellular polymeric substances called biofilms. Biofilms are …

Microalgae have emerged as a renewable and sustainable candidate for bioenergy
production coupled with pollutant removal from wastewater. However, costly biomass …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and allied photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy
have shown remarkable activity against bacterial pathogens in both planktonic and biofilm …

Biofilm contamination presents a significant threat to public health, the food industry, and
aquatic/marine-related applications. In recent decades, although various methods have …

Since the dawn of civilization, it has been understood that pathogenic microorganisms
cause infectious conditions in humans, which at times, may prove fatal. Among the different …

Abstract Systems that are intelligent have the ability to sense their surroundings, analyze,
and respond accordingly. In nature, many biological systems are considered intelligent (eg …

Foodborne pathogens are the main factors behind foodborne diseases and food poisoning
and thus pose a great threat to food safety. Many outbreaks have been found to be …

One of the major challenges in any sustainable aquaculture production systems is the
accumulation of nitrogenous waste such as ammonia and its biological nitrification products …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays an important role in the evolution of life on the Earth.
This view is supported by numerous occasions of HGT that are recorded in the genomes of …

Soil is one of the major habitats of bacteria and fungi. In this arena their interactions are part
of a communication network that keeps microhabitats in balance. Prominent mediator …