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 …

Strategy to combat biofilms: a focus on biofilm dispersal enzymes

S Wang, Y Zhao, AP Breslawec, T Liang… - npj Biofilms and …, 2023 - nature.com
Bacterial biofilms, which consist of three-dimensional extracellular polymeric substance
(EPS), not only function as signaling networks, provide nutritional support, and facilitate …

Beyond risk: bacterial biofilms and their regulating approaches

MH Muhammad, AL Idris, X Fan, Y Guo, Y Yu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial biofilms are complex surface attached communities of bacteria held together by
self-produced polymer matrixs mainly composed of polysaccharides, secreted proteins, and …

Biofilm-mediated wastewater treatment: a comprehensive review

S Saini, S Tewari, J Dwivedi, V Sharma - Materials Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Global industrialization has increased and so has the pollution generated by industries.
Although all types of pollutions are a major concern for the environment, wastewater …

Bacterial biofilm formation on implantable devices and approaches to its treatment and prevention

Z Khatoon, CD McTiernan, EJ Suuronen, TF Mah… - Heliyon, 2018 - cell.com
In living organisms, biofilms are defined as complex communities of bacteria residing within
an exopolysaccharide matrix that adheres to a surface. In the clinic, they are typically the …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the holy triangle of quorum sensing, biofilm formation, and antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria

RV Sionov, D Steinberg - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic and recurrent bacterial infections are frequently associated with the formation of
biofilms on biotic or abiotic materials that are composed of mono-or multi-species cultures of …

Implant infections: adhesion, biofilm formation and immune evasion

CR Arciola, D Campoccia, L Montanaro - Nature reviews microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Medical device-associated infections account for a large proportion of hospital-acquired
infections. A variety of opportunistic pathogens can cause implant infections, depending on …

Challenges of intervention, treatment, and antibiotic resistance of biofilm-forming microorganisms

G Gebreyohannes, A Nyerere, C Bii, DB Sbhatu - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Background Biofilms are multicellular communities of microorganisms held together by a self-
produced extracellular matrix. The ability of microbes to form biofilm is a universal …

Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life

HC Flemming, J Wingender, U Szewzyk… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Bacterial biofilms are formed by communities that are embedded in a self-produced matrix of
extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Importantly, bacteria in biofilms exhibit a set …

Role of bacterial efflux pumps in biofilm formation

I Alav, JM Sutton, KM Rahman - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
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 …