Bacterial biofilms

Description:

Throughout the biological world, bacteria thrive predominantly in surface attached, matrix enclosed, multicellular communities or biofilms, as opposed to isolated planktonic cells. This choice of lifestyle is not trivial, as it involves major shifts in the use of genetic information and cellular energy, and has profound consequences for bacterial physiology and survival. Growth within a biofilm can thwart immune function and antibiotic therapy and thereby complicate the treatment of infectious diseases, especially chronic and foreign device-associated infections. Modern studies of many importa.

subjects: Life Sciences,  Biofilms,  SCIENCE,  Science & Technology,  Biology,  Prosthesis-Related Infections,  Etiology,  Bacterial Infections,  Bacterial diversity,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,  Prevention & control,  Bacterial Drug Resistance,  Microbiology,  Bacteria,  Sciences de la vie,  Biomedecine,  Biodiversity