Microbial biofilm: a review on formation, infection, antibiotic resistance, control measures, and innovative treatment

S Sharma, J Mohler, SD Mahajan, SA Schwartz… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biofilm is complex and consists of bacterial colonies that reside in an exopolysaccharide
matrix that attaches to foreign surfaces in a living organism. Biofilm frequently leads to …

[HTML][HTML] Biofilms: Understanding the structure and contribution towards bacterial resistance in antibiotics

P Shree, CK Singh, KK Sodhi, JN Surya… - Medicine in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The biofilm is a bacterial colony wrapped in an auto-produced polymer matrix of
polysaccharides, proteins, and DNA. Bacterial biofilms cause persistent infections because …

Biofilm microenvironment-responsive nanoparticles for the treatment of bacterial infection

Y Hu, X Ruan, X Lv, Y Xu, W Wang, Y Cai, M Ding… - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•The biofilm formation process and its microenvironmental characteristics are
described.•Biofilm microenvironment-responsive nanoparticles for anti-infection are …

Antibiotics versus biofilm: an emerging battleground in microbial communities

D Sharma, L Misba, AU Khan - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection …, 2019 - Springer
Biofilm is a complex structure of microbiome having different bacterial colonies or single type
of cells in a group; adhere to the surface. These cells are embedded in extracellular …

Mimicking biofilm formation and development: Recent progress in in vitro and in vivo biofilm models

I Guzmán-Soto, C McTiernan, M Gonzalez-Gomez… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Biofilm formation in living organisms is associated to tissue and implant infections, and it has
also been linked to the contribution of antibiotic resistance. Thus, understanding biofilm …

Molecular mechanisms of biofilm-based antibiotic resistance and tolerance in pathogenic bacteria

CW Hall, TF Mah - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Biofilms are surface-attached groups of microbial cells encased in an extracellular matrix
that are significantly less susceptible to antimicrobial agents than non-adherent, planktonic …

Implementing TIMERS: the race against hard-to-heal wounds

L Atkin, Z Bućko, EC Montero, K Cutting… - Journal of wound …, 2019 - magonlinelibrary.com
There may be significant deficiencies in the knowledge among nurses, 38–40 an issue
recognised by many. 41 A survey of community nurses in Ireland found that more than half …

Microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) in ocean systems

AW Decho, T Gutierrez - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Microbial cells (ie, bacteria, archaea, microeukaryotes) in oceans secrete a diverse array of
large molecules, collectively called extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) or simply …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrodynamics and surface properties influence biofilm proliferation

M Krsmanovic, D Biswas, H Ali, A Kumar… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A biofilm is an interface-associated colloidal dispersion of bacterial cells and excreted
polymers in which microorganisms find protection from their environment. Successful …

Therapeutic strategies against biofilm infections

S Mishra, A Gupta, V Upadhye, SC Singh, RP Sinha… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
A biofilm is an aggregation of surface-associated microbial cells that is confined in an
extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) matrix. Infections caused by microbes that form …