Marine biofilms are ubiquitous in the marine environment. These complex microbial
communities rapidly respond to environmental changes and encompass hugely diverse …

Surfaces immersed in seawater are rapidly colonized by various microorganisms, resulting
in the formation of heterogenic marine biofilms. These communities are known to influence …

Microplastics in aquatic environments provide novel habitats for surface-colonizing
microorganisms. Given the continuing debate on whether substrate-specific properties or …

Despite clear advances in characterizing marine biofilms, details on their formation and
species succession remain scarce particularly during the early stage of development. We …

Nutrient loading is a major threat to estuaries and coastal environments worldwide,
therefore, it is critical that we have good monitoring tools to detect early signs of degradation …

Microbial cells attached to inert or living surfaces adopt biofilm mode with self-produced
exopolysaccharide matrix containing polysaccharides, proteins, and extracellular DNA, for …

Marine biofilms are known to influence the corrosion of metal surfaces in the marine
environment. Despite some recent research, the succession of bacterial communities …

Surface colonization in seawater first corresponds to the selection of specific microbial
biofilm communities. By coupling flow cytometry, microscopy and high throughput …

Unraveling the relative importance of both environmental conditions and ecological
processes regulating bacterioplankton communities is a central goal in microbial ecology …

The problematic of microplastics pollution in the marine environment is tightly linked to their
colonization by a wide diversity of microorganisms, the so-called plastisphere. The …