Three-dimensional reconstruction of a biofilm grown under a 0.5% agarose gel. The scale bar is 10 µm. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Dental plaque, gut bacteria and the slippery sheen on river rocks are all ...

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different environments ...

Antibiotic resistance is a growing global health crisis that makes common infections harder to treat and puts many medical ...

Microbiologists have long adopted the language of human settlement to describe how bacteria live and grow: They "invade" and "colonize." Relations dwelling in close proximity are "colonies." By ...

University of Otago scientists are harnessing the power of peptides—the body's own tiny protein molecules—for a spray to help ...

San Francisco, Calif. -- Biofilms, which are complex layered communities of sulfur-consuming microbes, increase the rate of cave formation, but may also shed light on other biofilms, including those ...

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A swarm of micro-robots, directed by magnets, can break apart and remove dental biofilm, or plaque, from a tooth. The innovation arose from a cross-disciplinary partnership among dentists, biologists, ...