Bacterial biofilm and extracellular polymeric substances in the treatment of environmental pollutants: beyond the protective role in survivability

KU Mahto, M Priyadarshanee, DP Samantaray… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increased tolerance to toxic pollutants and enhanced degradation capabilities of the
bacterial biofilm is often attributed to the matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) …

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 bioremediation is a powerful tool for the removal of environmental pollutants

S Mishra, Y Huang, J Li, X Wu, Z Zhou, Q Lei, P Bhatt… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofilm-mediated bioremediation is an attractive approach for the elimination of
environmental pollutants, because of its wide adaptability, biomass, and excellent capacity …

A crucial review on polycyclic aromatic Hydrocarbons-Environmental occurrence and strategies for microbial degradation

N Premnath, K Mohanrasu, RGR Rao, GH Dinesh… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the last century, contamination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has risen
tremendously due to the intensified industrial activities like petrochemical, pharmaceutical …

A Review of Biofilm Formation of Staphylococcus aureus and Its Regulation Mechanism

Q Peng, X Tang, W Dong, N Sun, W Yuan - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacteria can form biofilms in natural and clinical environments on both biotic and abiotic
surfaces. The bacterial aggregates embedded in biofilms are formed by their own produced …

Bacterial biofilm and extracellular polymeric substances in the moving bed biofilm reactor for wastewater treatment: A review

KU Mahto, S Das - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the several biofilm-based bioreactors, moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBR) have
been extensively used for wastewater treatment due to low operational costs, technical …

Moving bed biofilm reactor technology in municipal wastewater treatment: a review

A di Biase, MS Kowalski, TR Devlin… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The review encompasses the development of municipal wastewater treatment process using
MBBR from early stages, established application, and recent advancements. An overview of …

Bioremediation through microbes: systems biology and metabolic engineering approach

AK Dangi, B Sharma, RT Hill… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Today, environmental pollution is a serious problem, and bioremediation can play an
important role in cleaning contaminated sites. Remediation strategies, such as chemical and …

Genetic regulation, biosynthesis and applications of extracellular polysaccharides of the biofilm matrix of bacteria

S Das - Carbohydrate polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial biofilm formation is dependent mainly on the decision-making process of the two
key factors of the gene regulatory network, namely the Quorum Sensing (QS) system and bis …

Biofilms in endodontics—current status and future directions

P Neelakantan, M Romero, J Vera, U Daood… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Microbiota are found in highly organized and complex entities, known as biofilms, the
characteristics of which are fundamentally different from microbes in planktonic …