Thierry Bernardi

TL;DR: This review focuses on the novel ways of EPS production employing Lactobacillus spp.

TL;DR: This work describes the implementation of a new assay named the BioFilm Ring Test to evaluate the ability of bacteria to form biofilms based on the immobilisation (or not) of magnetic beads embedded by bacterial aggregates or mats.

TL;DR: The current knowledge about bacterial growth within a biofilm and the preventive or inducer impact of standard antimicrobials on its formation by P. aeruginosa is reviewed and two in vitro devices which could potentially be used as antibiotic susceptibility testing for adherent bacteria are described.

TL;DR: Functional analysis showed that functions related to transformation/competence and surface proteins including Internalins were highly enriched in L. monocytogenes, and there were no clear associations between biofilm formation efficiency and persistent or prevalent genotypes.

TL;DR: The aim of this work was first to characterize the genetic diversity of this species in a single small processing unit manufacturing traditional sausages without the use of starter cultures and to determine the capacity to form biofilm of 57 isolates of S. equorum selected from pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles.