Bacterial cellulose (BC), synthesized by certain bacteria as a biofilm, consists of highly pure cellulose fibers. BC has been widely used in human biomedical applications showing a high degree of ...

It's impossible to miss—it's the floating biofilm on top of your delicious ... curious ability to eat sugars and produce bacterial cellulose. The reason we and other researchers are focused ...

Bacteria permeate virtually every corner of the Earth. Most bacteria live in a biofilm state to enhance their survival and propagation, and to perform essential tasks for many ecosystems.

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).

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 ...