A research team led by Prof. Liu Xuanyong from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on Earth; they ...

While bacteria can grow biofilms on any surface, researcher Gross found that microplastics supercharged this process. When ...

Hungarian researchers have discovered unique bacterial communities in thermal waters that may help unravel the development of stromatolites, one of Earth's oldest rock formations. These findings not ...

Marine biofilms are globally ubiquitous surface-associated microbial communities that have gained increasing attention due to their distinctive structure and functions. The aim of this study is to ...

Scientists were shocked to discover that microplastics don’t just pollute the environment, they may also be fueling the rise ...

(CNN) — By being an excellent host for slimy biofilms created by bacteria to protect themselves from attack, microplastics ...

1987). Biofilms have traditionally been studied in 2-dimensional setups such as microtiter plate biofilms, and new ways of representing the complexity of the skin need to be set. This is currently the ...

Spread of antibiotic resistance in different river systems compared for the first time. Harmonized study design of the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences and ICC Water & Health lays the ...