Due to the high incidence of fungal infections caused by Candida species and their
increasing resistance to antimicrobial treatments, alternative therapies such as probiotics …

Not only do surface-growing microbes such as biofilms display specific traits compared to
planktonic cells, but also they display many heterogeneous behaviors over many spatial and …

Quorum sensing (QS) is generally used to describe the process involving the release and
recognition of signaling molecules, such as N-acyl-homoserine lactones, by bacteria to …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a debilitating lung disease that is
currently the third leading cause of death worldwide. Recent reports have indicated that …

Quinolone, pyocyanin, and rhamnolipid production were studied in Pseudomonas
aeruginosa by spatially patterning mucin, a glycoprotein important to infection of lung …

Gas–liquid slug flow is characterized by complex and intermittent hydrodynamic features
that offer an efficient alternative to promote biofilm control. In the present work, the …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common device-associated pathogen and also a model
object in biofilm research. In this study biofilm growth dynamics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa …

In the field of biofilm research, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass
Spectrometry Imaging (MALDI-MSI) has recently been used as a promising technique to …

N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) are a class of molecules which are produced by many
Gram-negative bacteria during a signaling process known as quorum sensing (QS)(Waters …