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The establishment of the CBE launched biofilms as a field of specialized research

Biofilm, 2020
The Center for Biofilm Engineering was the first center of excellence focused on biofilms and was originally funded through the Engineering Research Center Program from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Matthew W. Fields, Paul Sturman, Skip Anderson   +2 more
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Biofilm formation in the lung contributes to virulence and drug tolerance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Nature Communications, 2021
Tuberculosis is a chronic disease that displays several features commonly associated with biofilm-associated infections: immune system evasion, antibiotic treatment failures, and recurrence of infection. However, although Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)
Poushali Chakraborty, Sapna Bajeli, D. Kaushal, B. Radotra, Ashwani Kumar   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Integration of a pure moving bed biofilm reactor process into a large micro-polluted water treatment plant

Water Science and Technology, 2022
The pure-MBBR process was applied to remove ammonia in a full-scale micro-polluted-water treatment plant with a daily treatment capacity of 260 × 104 m3/d, Guangdong, China.
Wenjie Han, Jiazhong Zhou, Deyang Sheng, Di Wu, Haoran Zhou, Zhongqi Yang, Jianwen Yin, Chao Xia, Yujiao Kan, Junguo He   +9 more
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Forward Genetic Dissection of Biofilm Development by Fusobacterium nucleatum: Novel Functions of Cell Division Proteins FtsX and EnvC. [PDF]

, 2018
Fusobacterium nucleatum is a key member of the human oral biofilm. It is also implicated in preterm birth and colorectal cancer. To facilitate basic studies of fusobacterial virulence, we describe here a versatile transposon mutagenesis procedure and a ...
Abu Amar Mohamed Al Mamun, Asis Das, Bo Hu, Chenggang Wu, Hui Wu, Hung Ton-That, Jianhua Gu, Ju Huck Lee, Marvin Whiteley, Melissa D’Amore, Truc Thanh Luong   +10 more
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Protocol to assess metabolic activity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by measuring heat flow using isothermal calorimetry

STAR Protocols, 2023
Summary: Here, we present a protocol for assessing metabolic activity of bacterial populations by measuring heat flow using isothermal calorimetry. We outline the steps for preparing the different growth models of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and performing ...
Katrin Beilharz, Kasper Nørskov Kragh, Blaine Fritz, Julius B. Kirkegaard, Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Mads Lichtenberg   +6 more
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Potentiating hypoxic microenvironment for antibiotic activation by photodynamic therapy to combat bacterial biofilm infections

Nature Communications, 2021
Traditional antibiotic treatment has limited efficacy for the drug-tolerant bacteria present in biofilms because of their unique metabolic conditions in the biofilm infection microenvironment.
Weijun Xiu, Ling Wan, Kaili Yang, Xiao Li, Lihui Yuwen, Heng Dong, Y. Mou, Dongliang Yang, Lianhui Wang   +8 more
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The Role of Bacterial Biofilm in Antibiotic Resistance and Food Contamination

International Journal of Microbiology, 2020
Biofilm is a microbial association or community attached to different biotic or abiotic surfaces or environments. These surface-attached microbial communities can be found in food, medical, industrial, and natural environments.
G. Abebe
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Identification of small molecules that interfere with c-di-GMP signaling and induce dispersal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2021
Microbial biofilms are involved in a number of infections that cannot be cured, as microbes in biofilms resist host immune defenses and antibiotic therapies.
Jens Bo Andersen, Louise Dahl Hultqvist, Charlotte Uldahl Jansen, Tim Holm Jakobsen, Martin Nilsson, Morten Rybtke, Jesper Uhd, Blaine Gabriel Fritz, Roland Seifert, Jens Berthelsen, Thomas Eiland Nielsen, Katrine Qvortrup, Michael Givskov, Tim Tolker-Nielsen   +13 more
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A Novel Conserved Protein in Streptococcus agalactiae, BvaP, Is Important for Vaginal Colonization and Biofilm Formation

mSphere, 2022
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus [GBS]) infections in neonates are often fatal and strongly associated with maternal GBS vaginal colonization. Here, we investigated the role of an uncharacterized protein, BvaP, in GBS vaginal colonization.
Lamar S. Thomas, Laura C. Cook
doaj   +1 more source

Biofilm dynamics characterization using a novel DO-MEA sensor: mass transport and biokinetics [PDF]

, 2015
Biodegradation process modeling is an essential tool for the optimization of biotechnologies related to gaseous pollutant treatment. In these technologies, the predominant role of biofilm, particularly under conditions of no mass transfer limitations ...
Dorado Castaño, Antonio David, Gabriel Buguña, David, Gabriel Buguña, Gemma, Gamisans Noguera, Javier, Guimerà Villalba, Xavier, Moya Lara, Ana, Villa, Rosa   +6 more
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