UC Riverside scientists have now discovered a chemical that plants produce when they're stressed prevents dangerous biofilm ...

University of Basel researchers have discovered that bacteria can sense threats in advance through a general danger signal.

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 ...

Slime build-up is a costly drag on fuel efficiency for ocean-going cargo ships, leading to more emissions and, eventually, ...

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).

K. pneumoniae secretes a tough matrix-like biofilm made up mostly of sugars, fats, proteins, and DNA. Strings of sugar ...

Experiments and modeling reveal the unexpected structure that can be seen in bacteria grown in mucus samples and biofilms.

Confocal laser scanning microscopy of Salmonella wet biofilm (WSB) and dry surface biofilm (DSB). The DSB displays a distinctive "sandwich-like" vertical structure, as revealed in the cross ...