It's never a good thing, when a bacterial biofilm forms on the surface of a medical implant. There could soon be a new way of ...

An edible biofilm, obtained from agricultural and fishing waste and developed by researchers at the São Carlos Institute of ...

“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 ... resistance is both real and not limited to a single ...

(CNN) — By being an excellent host for slimy biofilms created by bacteria to protect themselves ... lead to antimicrobial resistance is both real and not limited to a single antibiotic ...

The bacteria attached to and colonized the plastics, as they do to any surface, creating a slimy, complex coating called a biofilm. Biofilms protect bacteria from environmental stressors ...

In a recent study, researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they ...

Watch nutrients flow through an underground circulatory system that connects fungi and plants. A new study shows how these networks form.

Once attached to any surface, bacteria create a biofilm—a sticky substance that acts like a shield, protecting the bacteria from invaders and keeping them affixed securely. Even though bacteria ...