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Norspermidine is not a self-produced trigger for biofilm disassembly [PDF]

, 2014
Formation of Bacillus subtilis biofilms, consisting of cells encapsulated within an extracellular matrix of exopolysaccharide and protein, requires the polyamine spermidine.
Stanley-Wall, Nicola R.; id_orcid, Hobley, Laura, Kim, Sok Ho, Stanley-Wall, Nicola R., Michael, Anthony J., Maezato, Yukari, Fairlamb, Alan H.; id_orcid, Fairlamb, Alan H., Wyllie, Susan   +8 more
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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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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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Staphylococcal Biofilms [PDF]

Microbiology Spectrum, 2008
ABSTRACTStaphylococci, with the leading speciesStaphylococcus aureusandStaphylococcus epidermidis, are the most frequent causes of infections on indwelling medical devices. The biofilm phenotype that those bacteria adopt during device-associated infection facilitates increased resistance to antibiotics and host immune defenses. This review presents and
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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
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Importance of SigB for Listeria monocytogenes static and continuous flow biofilm formation and disinfectant resistance [PDF]

, 2010
Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen that is able to form biofilms in food processing facilities. Biofilms are generally more resistant to antimicrobial agents, making it difficult to eradicate them during cleanup procedures. So far, little is
Veen, S., van der, Abee, T., Tjakko Abee, Stijn van der Veen   +3 more
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Interaction between local hydrodynamics and algal community in epilithic biofilm [PDF]

, 2013
Interactions between epilithic biofilm and local hydrodynamics were investigated in an experimental flume. Epilithic biofilm from a natural river was grown over a 41 day period in three sections with different flow velocities (0.10, 0.25 and 0.40 m s-¹ ...
Urrea, Gemma, Frédéric Y. Moulin, Urrea-Clos, Gemma, Moulin, Frédéric, Sabater, Sergi, Sánchez-Pérez, J.M., Sanchez-Pérez, José-Miguel, Gemma Urrea, Sauvage, Sabine, Myriam Graba, José Miguel Sanchez-Pérez, Graba, Myriam, Sergi Sabater, Sabine Sauvage   +13 more
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Review of the Impact of Biofilm Formation on Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection

, 2023
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) may recur in approximately 10–30% of patients, and the risk of recurrence increases with each successive recurrence, reaching up to 65%. C.
Héctor Jesús Maldonado-Garza, Carlos Córdova-Fletes, Elvira Garza-González, Daira Rubio-Mendoza, Adrián Martínez-Meléndez   +4 more
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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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Diffusion in Biofilms [PDF]

Journal of Bacteriology, 2003
Much of what makes life in a microbial biofilm different from life in a free aqueous suspension can be explained by invoking the phenomenon of diffusion. This article discusses the profound influence of the physics of the diffusion process on the chemistry and biology of the biofilm mode of growth.
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