Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "biofilm"
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Bacteria Pattern Spontaneously on Periodic Nanostructure Arrays
(American Chemical Society (ACS), 2010)Surface-associated bacteria typically form self-organizing communities called biofilms. Spatial segregation is important for various bacterial processes associated with cellular and community development. Here, we demonstrate ... -
Bioinspired, Dynamic, Structured Surfaces for Biofilm Prevention
(2012-11-14)Bacteria primarily exist in robust, surface-associated communities known as biofilms, ubiquitous in both natural and anthropogenic environments. Mature biofilms resist a wide range of biocidal treatments and pose persistent ... -
Bootstrapped Biocatalysis: Biofilm-Derived Materials as Reversibly Functionalizable Multienzyme Surfaces
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2017)Cell-free biocatalysis systems offer many benefits for chemical manufacturing, but their widespread applicability is hindered by high costs associated with enzyme purification, modification, and immobilization on solid ... -
Visualizing patterns of gene expression in growing Bacillus subtilis biofilms
(2013-10-14)Most bacteria live in surface-attached colonies known as biofilms, which contain distinct cell types embedded in a self-produced extracellular network of polymers. Differentiation into functionally-distinct sub-populations ... -
Water Reservoir Maintained by Cell Growth Fuels the Spreading of a Bacterial Swarm
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012)Flagellated bacteria can swim across moist surfaces within a thin layer of fluid, a means for surface colonization known as swarming. This fluid spreads with the swarm, but how it does so is unclear. We used micron-sized ...