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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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Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life.
Hans-Curt Flemming,Jost Wingender,Ulrich Szewzyk,Peter D. Steinberg,Scott A. Rice,Staffan Kjelleberg +5 more
TL;DR: The fundamental role of the biofilm matrix is considered, describing how the characteristic features of biofilms — such as social cooperation, resource capture and enhanced survival of exposure to antimicrobials — all rely on the structural and functional properties of the matrix.
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Microbial Surface Colonization and Biofilm Development in Marine Environments
Hongyue Dang,Charles R. Lovell +1 more
TL;DR: Recent progress in the study of marine microbial surface colonization and biofilm development is synthesized and discussed and questions are posed for targeted investigation of surface-specific community-level microbial features to advance understanding ofsurface-associated microbial community ecology and the biogeochemical functions of these communities.
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Biofilm-associated persistence of food-borne pathogens.
Arnaud Bridier,Pilar Sanchez-Vizuete,Morgan Guilbaud,Jean-Christophe Piard,Murielle Naïtali,Romain Briandet +5 more
TL;DR: The present review focuses on the principal mechanisms involved in the formation of biofilms of food-borne pathogens, where biofilm behaviour is driven by its three-dimensional heterogeneity and by species interactions within these biostructures, and the authors look at some emergent control strategies.
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Biofilms: The Microbial “Protective Clothing” in Extreme Environments
TL;DR: The fundamental roles of biofilm in protecting microbial exposure to extreme environmental stresses and the regulatory factors involved in biofilm formation are described.
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Intra- and inter-species interactions within biofilms of important foodborne bacterial pathogens.
Efstathios Giaouris,Even Heir,Mickaël Desvaux,Michel Hébraud,Trond Møretrø,Solveig Langsrud,Agapi I. Doulgeraki,George-John E. Nychas,Miroslava Kačániová,Katarzyna Czaczyk,Hülya Ölmez,Manuel Simões +11 more
TL;DR: In this review, up-to-date data on both the intra- and inter-species interactions encountered in biofilms of these pathogens are presented and could lead to novel intervention strategies for controlling pathogenic biofilm formation in food processing environments and thus improve food safety.
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