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Interactions in multispecies biofilms: do they actually matter?
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The recent focus on complex bacterial communities has led to the recognition of interactions across species boundaries, particularly pronounced in multispecies biofilms, where synergistic interactions impact the bacterial distribution and overall biomass produced.About:
This article is published in Trends in Microbiology.The article was published on 2014-02-01. It has received 400 citations till now.read more
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Developing New Marine Antifouling Surfaces: Learning from Single-Strain Laboratory Tests
Sara I. Faria,Luciana C. Gomes,Rita Teixeira-Santos,João Morais,Vitor Vasconcelos,Filipe Mergulhão +5 more
TL;DR: Assessing the AF performance of new coatings using the most stringent conditions may yield more robust results than using a mixed population, as competition between microfouler organisms may reduce the biofilm formation capacity of the consortium.
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Competitive inter-species interactions underlie the increased antimicrobial tolerance in multispecies brewery biofilms
Ilse Parijs,Hans Steenackers +1 more
TL;DR: It is shown that antimicrobial treatment can reduce the level of competition and therefore cause a subset of species to bloom, and that the activity of antimicrobials against multispecies biofilms cannot be predicted based on their effect against mono-cultures.
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Investigation of copper inhibition of nitrifying moving bed biofilm (MBBR) reactors during long term operations.
TL;DR: The demonstrated resistance of the nitrifying biofilm to copper inhibition makes the MBBR system a promising technology for treating ammonia in mining wastewaters.
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Roles of nitrite in mediating the composition and metacommunity of multispecies biofilms
TL;DR: In this paper, the presence of nitrite resulted in decreased Live/Dead ratio of bacteria (from 24.97 ± 1.37 to 2.30 ± 0.30 in aging biofilm), but enhanced the aggregation of bacterial clusters.
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Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Effect of ε-Polylysine against Salmonella Enteritidis, Listeria monocytogenes, and Escherichia coli in Tryptic Soy Broth and Chicken Juice
Do-Un Lee,Yeong Jin Park,Hwan Hee Yu,Suk-Chae Jung,Jung-Hee Park,Dae-Hee Lee,Na-Kyoung Lee,Hyun-Dong Paik +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of antibacterial peptides (e-PL) against food poisoning pathogens detected in chicken (Salmonella Enteritidis, Listeria monocytogenes, and Escherichia coli).
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