Scientists have discovered that two common human pathogens can work together by managing copper in their shared environment—a ...

Researchers identified a microbial "copper economy" that enables fungal-bacterial biofilms to thrive. Disturbing this balance ...

Imagine a group of bacteria teaming up like a gang, creating a fortress around them. This is essentially what bacterial biofilms are – a tough, sticky barrier that makes them incredibly difficult to ...

Scientists have now discovered a chemical that plants produce when they're stressed prevents dangerous biofilm from forming. The breakthrough offers potential advances in healthcare as well as ...

A biofilm is a structured community of microorganisms that live attached to a surface or to one another, embedded in a self-produced slime-like material called the extracellular matrix. The ...

A University of Alberta research team has designed a promising alternative for treating antimicrobial-resistant infections, a ...

Scientists discovered a protein secreted by a deep-sea extremophile—an organism adapted to extreme environmental ...

Some tenacious microbes can be very difficult to eliminate once they form biofilms, which are microbial communities that grow on surfaces. They are considered to be a major contributor to global ...

Bacterial vascular diseases can turn hidden infections into rapid crop collapse because pathogens build protective biofilms ...

Biofilms are multicellular networks that can grow almost anywhere. These slime-encased microbial colonies can survive harsh conditions and develop resistance to antimicrobial agents such as ...