“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different environments ...

The effect of saccharin on the microbiome has received much attention, but its impact on pathogenic bacterial species is less ...

Bacterial communities build biofilms to protect themselves from external threats, such as antibiotics. But researchers are now taking aim at these bacterial shields. “Biofilms can be good ...

Biofilms are well-structured communities of bacteria enclosed in a self-produced matrix, usually adhered to a surface but can also assemble in floating aggregations. The most crucial difference ...

Almost all micro-organisms subsist in elaborate colonies that are embedded in biofilms of self-produced ... unequivocally that more than 99.9% of bacteria grow as aggregated "sessile" communities ...

Bacteria permeate virtually every corner of the Earth. Most bacteria live in a biofilm state to enhance their survival and propagation, and to perform essential tasks for many ecosystems.

No one likes to be alone. Even bacteria have figured out how to stick together – in an intricate structure called a biofilm. No one likes to be alone. Even bacteria have figured out how to stick ...

In contrast to the free-living, or planktonic, bacteria commonly studied in the lab, most prokaryotes in nature settle down in complex communities, often consisting of several interacting species.

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...