Bacterial biofilms can be considered to be an emergent form of bacterial life, in which communal life is completely different from bacteria that live as free-living cells. Emergent properties of ...

In an opinion piece published in Microbiology Australia, a James Cook University team led by Dr. Yaoqin Hong recently ...

In most natural, clinical and industrial settings, microorganisms exist in biofilms that associate with biotic and abiotic surfaces. These three-dimensional single-species or polymicrobial communities ...

During infection many types of bacteria organize into naturally occurring three-dimensional structures called biofilms. Bacterial biofilms cause chronic infections, because they show much greater ...

Antibiotic resistance is a growing global health crisis that makes common infections harder to treat and puts many medical ...

Middle-ear infections, the most common reason that children visit doctors, are usually cleared up with antibiotics. But occasionally they persist and become a chronic illness that only a surgical ...

A clever new imaging technique discovered at the University of California, Berkeley, reveals a possible plan of attack for many bacterial diseases, such as cholera, lung infections in cystic fibrosis ...

My research is currently supported by grants from the National Institute of Health and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. Standing on a walkway at Yellowstone National Park, I admired the hues of orange, blue ...

Bacteria in contact with living tissues form layers that resist penetration by the immune system or antibiotics, but promising treatments abound. What are some of the most challenging clinical ...

It’s a battle that seems ripped from a sci-fi film: Scientists are racing to develop new weapons to destroy the slimy colonies of bacteria, known as biofilms, that cause tens of thousands of deaths ...

Biofilms, which are complex layered communities of sulfur-consuming microbes, increase the rate of cave formation, but may also shed light on other biofilms, including those that grow on teeth and ...