Despite the presence of residual disinfectant in treated drinking water, biofilms often develop on the inner surfaces of distribution pipes (Figure 3), possibly because the nutrient-poor nature of ...

While bacteria can grow biofilms on any surface, researcher Gross found that microplastics supercharged this process. When ...

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on Earth; they ...

The biofilm allows the micro-organisms to adhere ... which provides a very biased view of microbial life in nature and disease. More recent direct microscopic observations and direct quantitative ...

Bacterial Space Biofilms (1st flight): Launched on November, 2019 (NG-12). Returned to Earth on January 2020 (SpaceX-19) Fungal Space Biofilms (2nd flight): Launched on February, 2022 (NG-17).

Researchers have looked into the behavior of Listeria monocytogenes related to biofilms and how they support the persistence of the pathogen in food processing environments. A study led by the ...