Most of the disease-causing bacteria secrete matrix-like layers around themselves called biofilms. These biofilms act as ...
This step in the pathogenesis of CRBSI offers a significant opportunity for preventing infections, as most skin micro-organisms ... is needed to initiate biofilm formation anywhere along the ...
Biofilm formation also increases the risk of human illnesses and therefore needs to be well understood to enable safe, long-duration, human space missions. The Space Biofilms project aims to ...
Healthy human skin is mildly acidic ... including those related to antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation. Tian says that with further research to examine the safety and effectiveness ...
specifically skin infections in diabetic individuals, this can be very promising,” says Dipshikha Chakravortty, Professor at ...
epidermidis showed a decrease in the expression of several genes, including those related to antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation. In order to treat skin wounds by stimulating S.
A biofilm develops when the attached cells excrete polymers that facilitate adhesion, matrix formation, and alteration of the organism's phenotype with respect to growth rate and gene transcription.
Since the formation of a biofilm requires only some traces of moisture ... For marine animals, having biofilms and other growths on their skin is obviously problematic, as for them it means ...