Biofilms 2012: New Discoveries and Significant Wrinkles in a Dynamic Field

Extracellular DNA Release Acts as an Antifungal Resistance Mechanism in Mature Aspergillus fumigatus Biofilms

(2013) Ranjith Rajendran et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Complement C5a Production within Bacterial Extracellular Polymeric Substance

(2013) Erin C. Conrad et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Iron induces bimodal population development by Escherichia coli

(2013) W. H. DePas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ajoene, a Sulfur-Rich Molecule from Garlic, Inhibits Genes Controlled by Quorum Sensing

(2012) Tim Holm Jakobsen et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Functional Specificity of Extracellular Nucleases of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

(2012) Magnus Heun et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

RETRACTED: A Self-Produced Trigger for Biofilm Disassembly that Targets Exopolysaccharide

(2012) Ilana Kolodkin-Gal et al.   CELL

Competition, Not Cooperation, Dominates Interactions among Culturable Microbial Species

(2012) Kevin R. Foster et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Microbial Amyloids Induce Interleukin 17A (IL-17A) and IL-22 Responses via Toll-Like Receptor 2 Activation in the Intestinal Mucosa

(2012) Jessalyn H. Nishimori et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Unraveling assembly of stream biofilm communities

(2012) Katharina Besemer et al.   ISME Journal

Transposon Mutagenesis Identifies Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Biofilm Factors

(2012) M. Hadjifrangiskou et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Type IV Pilus Assembly in Pseudomonas aeruginosa over a Broad Range of Cyclic di-GMP Concentrations

(2012) R. Jain et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Microcolony formation by the opportunistic pathogenPseudomonas aeruginosarequires pyruvate and pyruvate fermentation

(2012) Olga E. Petrova et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cooperative Vaccinia Infection Demonstrated at the Single-Cell Level Using FluidFM

(2012) Philipp Stiefel et al.   NANO LETTERS

Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the cystic fibrosis airway: an evolutionary perspective

(2012) Anders Folkesson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

A Rat Model of Central Venous Catheter to Study Establishment of Long-Term Bacterial Biofilm and Related Acute and Chronic Infections

(2012) Ashwini Chauhan et al.   PLoS One

Rapid and Serial Quantification of Adhesion Forces of Yeast and Mammalian Cells

(2012) Eva Potthoff et al.   PLoS One

Localized cell death focuses mechanical forces during 3D patterning in a biofilm

(2012) M. Asally et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Osmotic spreading of Bacillus subtilis biofilms driven by an extracellular matrix

(2012) A. Seminara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Atomic force and super-resolution microscopy support a role for LapA as a cell-surface biofilm adhesin of Pseudomonas fluorescens

(2012) Ivan E. Ivanov et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Architecture and Assembly Principles of Vibrio cholerae Biofilms

(2012) V. Berk et al.   SCIENCE

CLASI-FISH: Principles of combinatorial labeling and spectral imaging

(2012) Alex M. Valm et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Social Interaction, Noise and Antibiotic-Mediated Switches in the Intestinal Microbiota

(2012) Vanni Bucci et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Selecting an Invertebrate Model Host for the Study of Fungal Pathogenesis

(2012) Athanasios Desalermos et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Functional Amyloids Composed of Phenol Soluble Modulins Stabilize Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms

(2012) Kelly Schwartz et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Quantitative Test of Population Genetics Using Spatiogenetic Patterns in Bacterial Colonies

(2011) Kirill S. Korolev et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Azole Resistance of Aspergillus fumigatus Biofilms Is Partly Associated with Efflux Pump Activity

(2011) Ranjith Rajendran et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

A novel planar flow cell for studies of biofilm heterogeneity and flow-biofilm interactions

(2011) Wei Zhang et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Intercellular Nanotubes Mediate Bacterial Communication

(2011) Gyanendra P. Dubey et al.   CELL

Heterogeneous bacterial persisters and engineering approaches to eliminate them

(2011) Kyle R Allison et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Key two-component regulatory systems that control biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2011) Helga Mikkelsen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Reversible control of biofilm formation by Cellulomonas spp. in response to nitrogen availability

(2011) Jenna M. Young et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa sensor RetS switches Type III and Type VI secretion via c-di-GMP signalling

(2011) Joana A. Moscoso et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A complex multilevel attack on Pseudomonas aeruginosa algT/U expression and AlgT/U activity results in the loss of alginate production

(2011) Robert Sautter et al.   GENE

Murine Immune Response to a ChronicStaphylococcus aureusBiofilm Infection

(2011) Ranjani Prabhakara et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Profound Alterations of Intestinal Microbiota following a Single Dose of Clindamycin Results in Sustained Susceptibility to Clostridium difficile-Induced Colitis

(2011) Charlie G. Buffie et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Bacterial Capture Efficiency and Antimicrobial Activity of Phage-Functionalized Model Surfaces

(2011) Zeinab Hosseinidoust et al.   LANGMUIR

An image-based 384-well high-throughput screening method for the discovery of biofilm inhibitors in Vibrio cholerae

(2011) Kelly C. Peach et al.   Molecular BioSystems

CsgE is a curli secretion specificity factor that prevents amyloid fibre aggregation

(2011) Ashley A. Nenninger et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The CRP/FNR family protein Bcam1349 is a c-di-GMP effector that regulates biofilm formation in the respiratory pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia

(2011) Mustafa Fazli et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilms can be dispersed by focusing the immune system on a common family of bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins

(2011) S D Goodman et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Systems-level analysis of microbial community organization through combinatorial labeling and spectral imaging

(2011) A. M. Valm et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Active Starvation Responses Mediate Antibiotic Tolerance in Biofilms and Nutrient-Limited Bacteria

(2011) D. Nguyen et al.   SCIENCE

Step-Wise Loss of Bacterial Flagellar Torsion Confers Progressive Phagocytic Evasion

(2011) Rustin R. Lovewell et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Pel Polysaccharide Can Serve a Structural and Protective Role in the Biofilm Matrix of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2011) Kelly M. Colvin et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Biosynthesis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Extracellular Polysaccharides, Alginate, Pel, and Psl

(2011) Michael J. Franklin et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Physicochemical parameters influencing coaggregation between the freshwater bacteria Sphingomonas natatoria 2.1 and Micrococcus luteus 2.13

(2010) K. R. Min et al.   BIOFOULING

Physiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in biofilms as revealed by transcriptome analysis

(2010) James P Folsom et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Toll-like receptors 1 and 2 cooperatively mediate immune responses to curli, a common amyloid from enterobacterial biofilms

(2010) Çagla Tükel et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Regulatory RNAs and the HptB/RetS signalling pathways fine-tune Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis

(2010) Christophe Bordi et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Dental plaque biofilms: communities, conflict and control

(2010) Philip D. Marsh et al.   PERIODONTOLOGY 2000

dATP/ATP, a Multifunctional Nucleotide, Stimulates Bacterial Cell Lysis, Extracellular DNA Release and Biofilm Development

(2010) Chuanwu Xi et al.   PLoS One

D-Amino Acids Trigger Biofilm Disassembly

(2010) I. Kolodkin-Gal et al.   SCIENCE

Biofilms

(2010) D. Lopez et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Emergence of Spatial Structure in Cell Groups and the Evolution of Cooperation

(2010) Carey D. Nadell et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Fluorescence in situ hybridization to improve the diagnosis of endocarditis: a pilot study

(2009) C. Mallmann et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Drivers of bacterial colonization patterns in stream biofilms

(2009) Clemens Augspurger et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Mutational Analysis of Burkholderia thailandensis Quorum Sensing and Self-Aggregation

(2009) J. R. Chandler et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization of starvation-induced dispersion inPseudomonas putidabiofilms: genetic elements and molecular mechanisms

(2009) Morten Gjermansen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa CupD Fimbrial Genes Is Antagonistically Controlled by RcsB and the EAL-Containing PvrR Response Regulators

(2009) Helga Mikkelsen et al.   PLoS One

AFM for nanoscale microbe analysis

(2008) Yves F. Dufrêne   ANALYST

Phase-dependent antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus developing multicellular filamentous biofilms

(2008) E. Mowat et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Structure, cell wall elasticity and polysaccharide properties of living yeast cells, as probed by AFM

(2008) David Alsteens et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

The Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal (PQS) Balances Life and Death in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Populations

(2008) Susanne Häussler et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Microscopic and physiologic evidence for biofilm-associated wound colonization in vivo

(2007) Stephen C. Davis et al.   WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION