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To biofilm or not to biofilm

eLife, 2022
A new model helps to predict under which conditions a species of bacteria will switch to a static lifestyle.
Shravan Pradeep, Paulo E Arratia
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Biofilms [PDF]

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2010
The ability to form biofilms is a universal attribute of bacteria. Biofilms are multicellular communities held together by a self-produced extracellular matrix. The mechanisms that different bacteria employ to form biofilms vary, frequently depending on environmental conditions and specific strain attributes.
Daniel, López, Hera, Vlamakis, Roberto, Kolter   +2 more
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The impacts of biomineralization and oil contamination on the compressive strength of waste plastic-filled mortar

Scientific Reports, 2022
Researchers have made headway against challenges of increasing cement infrastructure and low plastic recycling rates by using waste plastic in cementitious materials.
Kylee Rux, Seth Kane, Michael Espinal, Cecily Ryan, Adrienne Phillips, Chelsea Heveran   +5 more
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Subsurface hydrocarbon degradation strategies in low- and high-sulfate coal seam communities identified with activity-based metagenomics

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2022
Environmentally relevant metagenomes and BONCAT-FACS derived translationally active metagenomes from Powder River Basin coal seams were investigated to elucidate potential genes and functional groups involved in hydrocarbon degradation to methane in coal
Hannah D. Schweitzer, Heidi J. Smith, Elliott P. Barnhart, Luke J. McKay, Robin Gerlach, Alfred B. Cunningham, Rex R. Malmstrom, Danielle Goudeau, Matthew W. Fields   +8 more
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Temperature‐dependent inactivation and catalysis rates of plant‐based ureases for engineered biomineralization

Engineering Reports, 2021
Engineered (bio)mineralization uses the enzyme urease to catalyze the hydrolysis of urea to promote carbonate mineral precipitation. The current study investigates the influence of temperature on ureolysis rate and degree of inactivation of plant‐sourced
Marnie J Feder, Arda Akyel, Vincent J Morasko, Robin Gerlach, Adrienne J Phillips   +4 more
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Elucidation of health risks using metataxonomic and antibiotic resistance profiles of microbes in flood affected waterbodies, Kerala 2018

Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2021
The floods of 2018 caused havoc in the State of Kerala, situated in the extreme south‐west of India, in terms of infrastructure and health. This research article provides the first‐ever assessment of the bacterial diversity and its antibiotic ...
Aparna Shankar, Devika Jagajeedas, Megha Periyappilly Radhakrishnan, Merin Paul, Lekshmi Narendrakumar, Karthika Suryaletha, Velappan Savithri Akhila, Sudha Babu Nair, Sabu Thomas   +8 more
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Single-Cell Infection of Influenza A Virus Using Drop-Based Microfluidics

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Drop-based microfluidics has revolutionized single-cell studies and can be applied toward analyzing tens of thousands to millions of single cells and their products contained within picoliter-sized drops.
Emma Kate Loveday, Humberto S. Sanchez, Mallory M. Thomas, Connie B. Chang   +3 more
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Molecular Docking Study of the C-10 Massoia Lactone Compound as an Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Agent against Candida tropicalis

The Scientific World Journal, 2023
Antimicrobial resistance is now considered a global health problem because it reduces the effectiveness of antimicrobial drugs. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the highest mortality rate is associated with infections caused by multidrug-
Hasyrul Hamzah, Titik Nuryastuti, Widya Rahmah, Lutfi Chabib, Eka Siswanto Syamsul, Dwi Lestari, Asriullah Jabbar, Sylvia Utami Tunjung Pratiwi   +7 more
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The Multifunctional Role of Poloxamer P338 as a Biofilm Disrupter and Antibiotic Enhancer: A Small Step forward against the Big Trouble of Catheter-Associated Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Infections

Microorganisms, 2022
Poloxamer 338 (P338), a nonionic surfactant amphiphilic copolymer, is herein proposed as an anti-biofilm compound for the management of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). P338’s ability to disrupt Escherichia coli biofilms on silicone
Lucia Henrici De Angelis, Mariarita Stirpe, Dario Tomolillo, Gianfranco Donelli, Iolanda Francolini, Claudia Vuotto   +5 more
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Combination effects of DNase I and tobramycin on survival and biofilm architectures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from chronic rhinosinusitis patients [PDF]

Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 2022
This study aimed to investigate the effects of DNase I in combination with tobramycin (TOB) on drug susceptibility and biofilm architectures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Chitchanok Anutrakunchai, Saharut Wongkaewkhiaw, Sakawrat Kanthawong, Sorujsiri Chareonsudjai, Rattiyaphorn Pakkulnan, Suwimol Taweechaisupapong   +5 more
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