Biofilms: The Microbial “Protective Clothing” in Extreme Environments

Communication mechanisms in extremophiles: Exploring their existence and industrial applications

(2019) Amandeep Kaur et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Proteomics Reveal Enhanced Oxidative Stress Responses and Metabolic Adaptation in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Biofilm Cells on Pyrite

(2019) Sören Bellenberg et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Nucleotide Second Messenger-Based Signaling in Extreme Acidophiles of the Acidithiobacillus Species Complex: Partition Between the Core and Variable Gene Complements

(2019) Ana Moya-Beltrán et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Advanced strategies for combating bacterial biofilms

(2019) Javad Yasbolaghi Sharahi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Fungi, a neglected component of acidophilic biofilms: do they have a potential for biotechnology?

(2019) Martina Hujslová et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Radioactive environment adapted bacterial communities constituting the biofilms of hydrothermal spring caves (Budapest, Hungary)

(2019) Nóra Tünde Enyedi et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY

Effective rhizoinoculation and biofilm formation by arsenic immobilizing halophilic plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) isolated from mangrove rhizosphere: A step towards arsenic rhizoremediation

(2018) Ivy Mallick et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The Impact of Alkaliphilic Biofilm Formation on the Release and Retention of Carbon Isotopes from Nuclear Reactor Graphite

(2018) S. P. Rout et al.   Scientific Reports

Biofilm Formation by the Acidophile Bacterium Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans Involves c-di-GMP Pathway and Pel exopolysaccharide

(2018) Mauricio Díaz et al.   Genes

Targeted disruption of the extracellular polymeric network of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by alginate oligosaccharides

(2018) Lydia C. Powell et al.   npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Towards the biofilm characterization and regulation in biological wastewater treatment

(2018) Hui Huang et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biochemical and thermodynamic analyses of energy conversion in extremophiles

(2018) Satoshi Wakai   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Role of Extracellular Carbonic Anhydrase in Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Uptake in Alkaliphilic Phototrophic Biofilm

(2018) Tong Li et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Environmental parameters, and not phylogeny, determine the composition of extracellular polymeric substances in microbial mats from extreme environments

(2018) Yolanda Blanco et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Mechanisms of DNA damage, repair, and mutagenesis

(2017) Nimrat Chatterjee et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS

Physiological Responses of Salinity-Stressed Vibrio sp. and the Effect on the Biofilm Formation on a Nanofiltration Membrane

(2017) Lan Hee Kim et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Biofilms: Microbial Shelters Against Antibiotics

(2017) Skander Hathroubi et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Impact of Salt and Nutrient Content on Biofilm Formation by Vibrio fischeri

(2017) Anne E. Marsden et al.   PLoS One

Biofilm formation and granule properties in anaerobic digestion at high salinity

(2017) M.C. Gagliano et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Determination of the biofilm production capacities and characteristics of members belonging to Bacillaceae family

(2017) Arzu Coleri Cihan et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lifestyle: A Paradigm for Adaptation, Survival, and Persistence

(2017) M. Fata Moradali et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Nutrient Composition Promotes Switching between Pellicle and Bottom Biofilm in Salmonella

(2017) Sonia Paytubi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Impact of Nutrient Restriction on the Structure of Listeria monocytogenes Biofilm Grown in a Microfluidic System

(2017) Tamazight Cherifi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Ecology of Acidophilic Microorganisms in the Corroding Concrete Sewer Environment

(2017) Xuan Li et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mini-review: Biofilm responses to oxidative stress

(2016) Michela Gambino et al.   BIOFOULING

Characteristics of extracellular polymeric substances from sludge and biofilm in a simultaneous nitrification and denitrification system under high salinity stress

(2016) Linting Zhao et al.   BIOPROCESS AND BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

A Pure Life: The Microbial Ecology of High Purity Industrial Waters

(2016) M. W. Mittelman et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

DqsIR quorum sensing-mediated gene regulation of the extremophilic bacteriumDeinococcus radioduransin response to oxidative stress

(2016) Lin Lin et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life

(2016) Hans-Curt Flemming et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Quorum sensing signal–response systems in Gram-negative bacteria

(2016) Kai Papenfort et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Studying Bacterial Multispecies Biofilms: Where to Start?

(2016) Henriette L. Røder et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Insights into the Quorum Sensing Regulon of the Acidophilic Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Revealed by Transcriptomic in the Presence of an Acyl Homoserine Lactone Superagonist Analog

(2016) Sigde Mamani et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Antimicrobial resistance, respiratory tract infections and role of biofilms in lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients

(2015) Oana Ciofu et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Fungal β-1,3-Glucan Increases Ofloxacin Tolerance of Escherichia coli in a Polymicrobial E. coli/Candida albicans Biofilm

(2015) Katrijn De Brucker et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Biofilm, pathogenesis and prevention—a journey to break the wall: a review

(2015) Priya Gupta et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Effects of CeO2 nanoparticles on production and physicochemical characteristics of extracellular polymeric substances in biofilms in sequencing batch biofilm reactor

(2015) Guoxiang You et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Environmental factors that shape biofilm formation

(2015) Masanori Toyofuku et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Biofilm-specific antibiotic tolerance and resistance

(2015) I. Olsen   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Characterization of haloglycan, an exopolysaccharide produced by Halomonas stenophila HK30

(2015) Hakima Amjres et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Extracellular matrix structure governs invasion resistance in bacterial biofilms

(2015) Carey D Nadell et al.   ISME Journal

In situ proteolysis of theVibrio choleraematrix protein RbmA promotes biofilm recruitment

(2015) Daniel R. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pel is a cationic exopolysaccharide that cross-links extracellular DNA in thePseudomonas aeruginosabiofilm matrix

(2015) Laura K. Jennings et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Halophilic microbial communities in deteriorated buildings

(2015) Justyna Adamiak et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Infectious Causes of Cholesteatoma and Treatment of Infected Ossicles prior to Reimplantation by Hydrostatic High-Pressure Inactivation

(2015) Wycliffe Omurwa Masanta et al.   Biomed Research International

The Formation of Biofilms byPseudomonas aeruginosa: A Review of the Natural and Synthetic Compounds Interfering with Control Mechanisms

(2015) Tsiry Rasamiravaka et al.   Biomed Research International

Enhanced Transmission of Antibiotic Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni Biofilms by Natural Transformation

(2014) Junghee Bae et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Bacterial multidrug efflux pumps: Mechanisms, physiology and pharmacological exploitations

(2014) Jingjing Sun et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance

(2014) Jessica M. A. Blair et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Bifidobacteria Exhibit LuxS-Dependent Autoinducer 2 Activity and Biofilm Formation

(2014) Zhongke Sun et al.   PLoS One

Beta- Lactam Antibiotics Stimulate Biofilm Formation in Non-Typeable Haemophilus influenzae by Up-Regulating Carbohydrate Metabolism

(2014) Siva Wu et al.   PLoS One

Interactions in multispecies biofilms: do they actually matter?

(2014) Mette Burmølle et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides Promote Microbial Mutagenesis and Pathoadaptation in Chronic Infections

(2014) Dominique H. Limoli et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A personal history of research on microbial biofilms and biofilm infections

(2014) Niels Høiby   Pathogens and Disease

Effects of Biofilm Growth on Plasmid Copy Number and Expression of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Enterococcus faecalis

(2013) L. C. Cook et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Archaeal biofilms: widespread and complex

(2013) Sabrina Fröls   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Bacterial biofilm development as a multicellular adaptation: antibiotic resistance and new therapeutic strategies

(2013) César de la Fuente-Núñez et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity assessment of Listeria monocytogenes biofilm formation: Impact of growth condition, serotype and strain origin

(2013) Sachin R. Kadam et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Quantification of the extracellular matrix of theListeria monocytogenesbiofilms of different phylogenic lineages with optimization of culture conditions

(2013) T. Combrouse et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Radiation-resistant extremophiles and their potential in biotechnology and therapeutics

(2012) Prashant Gabani et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

N-acyl homoserine lactone mediated interspecies interactions between A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa

(2012) Nidhi Bhargava et al.   BIOFOULING

Biocontrol of tomato wilt disease byBacillus subtilisisolates from natural environments depends on conserved genes mediating biofilm formation

(2012) Yun Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilm formation in food industries: A food safety concern

(2012) Sokunrotanak Srey et al.   FOOD CONTROL

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

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

Heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms Includes Expression of Ribosome Hibernation Factors in the Antibiotic-Tolerant Subpopulation and Hypoxia-Induced Stress Response in the Metabolically Active Population

(2012) K. S. Williamson et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

UVA-induced DNA double-strand breaks result from the repair of clustered oxidative DNA damages

(2012) R. Greinert et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Glucose Starvation-Induced Dispersal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms Is cAMP and Energy Dependent

(2012) Tran T. Huynh et al.   PLoS One

Self-produced exopolysaccharide is a signal that stimulates biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2012) Y. Irie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The effects of hyperosmosis or high pH on a dual-species biofilm of Enterococcus faecalis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: an in vitro study

(2011) S. V. van der Waal et al.   INTERNATIONAL ENDODONTIC JOURNAL

Listeria monocytogenes survival of UV-C radiation is enhanced by presence of sodium chloride, organic food material and by bacterial biofilm formation

(2011) N. Bernbom et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Physicochemical regulation of biofilm formation

(2011) Lars D. Renner et al.   MRS BULLETIN

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

Persister Cells

(2010) Kim Lewis   Annual Review of Microbiology

Oxidative Stress Induction of the MexXY Multidrug Efflux Genes and Promotion of Aminoglycoside Resistance Development inPseudomonas aeruginosa

(2010) Sebastien Fraud et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Enhancement of Biofilm Formation by Subinhibitory Concentrations of Macrolides in icaADBC-Positive and -Negative Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis

(2010) Q. Wang et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Bacteria: Small-Molecule Modulation of AHL and AI-2 Quorum Sensing Pathways

(2010) Warren R. J. D. Galloway et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Microbial interactions and differential protein expression inStaphylococcus aureus–Candida albicansdual-species biofilms

(2010) Brian M. Peters et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Temperature and pH affect the production of bacterial biofilm

(2010) A. Hoštacká et al.   FOLIA MICROBIOLOGICA

Saline adaptation of granules in mesophilic UASB reactors

(2010) N. Kimata-Kino et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Penetration of antibiotics through Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms

(2010) R. Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Biofilm formation and the food industry, a focus on the bacterial outer surface

(2010) R. Van Houdt et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

The biofilm matrix

(2010) Hans-Curt Flemming et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Crenarchaeal Biofilm Formation under Extreme Conditions

(2010) Andrea Koerdt et al.   PLoS One

Tyrosine phosphatase TpbA of Pseudomonas aeruginosa controls extracellular DNA via cyclic diguanylic acid concentrations

(2010) Akihiro Ueda et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus Form Polymicrobial Biofilms: Effects on Antimicrobial Resistance

(2009) M. M. Harriott et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Cross-kingdom interactions:Candida albicansand bacteria

(2009) Mark E. Shirtliff et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

An integrated view of biofilm formation in rhizobia

(2009) Luciana V. Rinaudi et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Surrounded by mycobacteria: nontuberculous mycobacteria in the human environment

(2009) J.O. Falkinham et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Survival Response of Bacteriovorax in Surface Biofilm Versus Suspension when Stressed by Extremes in Environmental Conditions

(2009) Henry N. Williams et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Principles of c-di-GMP signalling in bacteria

(2009) Regine Hengge   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Extracellular matrix assembly in extreme acidic eukaryotic biofilms and their possible implications in heavy metal adsorption

(2008) Angeles Aguilera et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Adaptation of anaerobic biomass to saline conditions: Role of compatible solutes and extracellular polysaccharides

(2008) I. Vyrides et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

Involvement of a Novel Efflux System in Biofilm-Specific Resistance to Antibiotics

(2008) L. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Interplay between Cyclic AMP-Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein and Cyclic di-GMP Signaling in Vibrio cholerae Biofilm Formation

(2008) J. C. N. Fong et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY