Antibiotic resistance is a major public health challenge worldwide, whose implications for
global health might be devastating if novel antibacterial strategies are not quickly …

Bacteriophages and bacterial biofilms are widely present in natural environments, a fact that
has accelerated the evolution of phages and their bacterial hosts in these particular niches …

Bacteriophages (phages) have been sha** bacterial ecology and evolution for millions of
years, for example, by selecting for defence strategies. Evidence supports that bacterial …

Highlights•Bacterial multicellular behavior plays an important role in predatory
interactions.•Small molecules in signaling or chemical defense contribute to phage …

Bacteria form colonies and secrete extracellular polymeric substances that surround the
individual cells. These spatial structures are often associated with collaboration and quorum …

Bacteria survive on any surface through the generation of biofilms that provide a protective
environment to grow as well as making them drug resistant. Extracellular polymeric matrix is …

Bacteria growing on surfaces appear to be profoundly more resistant to control by lytic
bacteriophages than do the same cells grown in liquid. Here, we use simulation models to …

Microbial communities are shaped by bacteriophages through predation and lysogeny. A
better understanding of the interactions between these processes across different types of …

Virulent phages can expose their bacterial hosts to devastating epidemics, in principle
leading to complete elimination of their hosts. Although experiments indeed confirm a large …

Biofilms cause a variety of pervasive problems in water treatment, distribution and reuse
systems that are difficult to mitigate due to their resistance to disinfectants. We used …