biofilm

Free-swimming bacteria settle on a surface to cooperate and form a protective biofilm.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae with pathogenic genes replaced by biofilm-degrading ones enhance survival in a mouse model of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Researchers could one day use the method to deliver antibiotics to topical wounds infected by hard-to-treat masses of bacteria.

Swirls of bacteria form on an agar plate.

Microrobots kill bacteria and clean surfaces covered in biofilm.

Authors of a new study suggest that 520-million-year-old structures, previously identified as the brains of ancient arthropods, are instead preserved microbial biofilms.

The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus begins to grow biofilms as it develops into a larger intertwined network.

Fossilized gas bubbles, formed from being trapped by microbial biofilms, provide the oldest signature of life in terrestrial hot springs.

A study implicates the breaking up of bacterial biofilms on fatty plaques in arteries as causing stroke or heart attack following stress.

Engineered bacteria can shape electricity-conducting nanowires.

Fossilized structures suggest that mat-forming microbes have been around for almost 3.5 billion years.

Researchers show that activating an endogenous protease can eliminate bacterial persisters.

Discoveries of microbial communities that transfer electrons between cells and across relatively long distances are launching a new field of microbiology.

USC researcher Mohamed El-Naggar demonstrates how some bacteria grow electrical wires that allow them to link up in big biological circuits.

Shewanella bacteria generate energy for survival by transporting electrons to nearby mineral surfaces.

Desulfobulbaceae bacteria were recently discovered to form centimeter-long cables, containing thousands of cells that share an outer membrane.

Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.

Researchers devise a way to create predictably patterned microwrinkles.

Medical devices coated with selenium nanoparticles reduce the growth of a deadly hospital-borne infection.