The researchers will immerse plastic films in freshwater samples (taken from a canal in Lowell) and expose them to ...

A recent study published in npj | Biofilms and Microbiomes explored biofilm maturation and dispersal dynamics in Bacillus subtilis using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy.

Biofilms contain bacterial cells that are in ... coupled with epifluorescence or confocal scanning laser microscopy. The advantages and limitations of each technique are summarized in Table ...

"This challenges the notion that microplastics are merely passive carriers of resistant bacteria and highlights their role as ...

Ever since, Chimileski has captured the intricate structures of hundreds of bacterial biofilms at microscopic and macroscopic scales. Using a custom incubator camera setup, he created detailed ...

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on Earth; they ...

Biofilm formation is a process by which individual ... The next step was to see what was happening in single cells under the microscope. How did you visualize individual Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...

Almost all micro-organisms subsist in elaborate colonies that are embedded in biofilms of self-produced exopolymer matrices. The biofilm allows the micro-organisms to adhere to any surface ...

Researchers have looked into the behavior of Listeria monocytogenes related to biofilms and how they support the persistence of the pathogen in food processing environments. A study led by the ...

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).