"#Biofilm-forming microorganisms causing hospital-acquired infections from intravenous catheter: A systematic review" 🤢

#OpenAccess #nosocomial #biofilms

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517422000724

Shedding light on the dark problem of #biofilms.

#bacteria #mirobiomes

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-dark-problem-biofilms.html

@Letha_Hughes This is both exciting for #infection control and terrifying as #biofilms are involved in countless ecological and physiological processes...randomly disturbing them does not sound wise.

#Vibrio Colonization Is Highly Dynamic in Early #Microplastic-Associated #Biofilms as Well as on Field-Collected #Microplastics

by Katharina Keys, et al, December 2020

Abstract:

"Microplastics are ubiquitous in aquatic ecosystems and provide a habitat for biofilm-forming bacteria. The genus Vibrio, which includes potential #pathogens, was detected irregularly on microplastics. Since then, the potential of microplastics to enrich (and serve as a vector for) Vibrio has been widely discussed. We investigated Vibrio abundance and operational taxonomic unit (OTU) composition on polyethylene and polystyrene within the first 10 h of colonization during an in situ incubation experiment, along with those found on particles collected from the Baltic Sea. We used 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and co-occurrence networks to elaborate the role of Vibrio within biofilms. Colonization of plastics with Vibrio was detectable after one hour of incubation; however, Vibrio numbers and composition were very dynamic, with a more stable population at the site with highest nutrients and lowest salinity. Likewise, Vibrio abundances on field-collected particles were variable but correlated with proximity to major cities. Vibrio was poorly connected within biofilm networks. Taken together, this indicates that Vibrio is an early colonizer of plastics, but that the process is undirected and independent of the specific surface. Still, higher nutrients could enhance a faster establishment of Vibrio populations. These parameters should be considered when planning studies investigating Vibrio on microplastics."

#NecrotisingFasciitis #FleshEating #bacteria #plastics #oceans #environment #pollution #seaweed #FleshEating #PublicHealth #wildlife #sea #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Extinction #Oceans #Pollution

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33396691/

##Gut bacteria use super-#polymers to dodge #antibiotics.

#biofilms

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-gut-bacteria-super-polymers-dodge-antibiotics.html

RT @ukbiofilms
🔬We're thrilled to share our #npjBiofilms collection with @Nature_NPJ which focuses on our interventional pillars: Prevent, Detect, Manage and Engineer #biofilms

🔎 Take a look: http://bit.ly/3Xh32Sc

@miguelcamarauk @FillouxLab @nfanget #biofilm

RT @tcoenye
The next Eurobiofilms meeting organized by @esgb_escmid will take place in Copenhagen from 26 to 29 June 2024. #biofilms #ebf2024 http://www.eurobiofilms2024.dk

Doctorate, First Stage Researcher position in Portugal - e.Biofilm

Chemical, Biomedical or Computer Engineering; Mathematics or related areas #biofilms

deadline: 28-04-2023
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/95767

New NIOO publication: High resolution functional analysis and community structure of #photogranules, by @lmtrebuch and others. #biofilms
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396

Freshly minted research on the impacts of surfactants on #antimicrobialresistance in #aquatic #biofilms. Led by my former PhD student.

Somehow I feel this paper might be important!

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mbo3.1351

#WaterPurification systems installed in two #IceMachines in a #Boston hospital were supposed to make the water taste and smell better for patients on a surgery floor—but it ended up killing three of them.

#Biofilms #Bacteria #Chlorine
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/hospitals-water-purification-system-stripped-out-chlorine-killing-3-patients/

Very interesting and important new research on the role of #microbial #biofilms in supporting retention of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in sewers which may impact on interpretation of #COVID19 surveillance and detection in #wastewater

More information in Nature Water on:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-023-00033-4

#water #microbiology

RT @tcoenye
We developed a high throughput assay which we think could be a valuable addition for evaluating the antimicrobial susceptibility in P. aeruginosa #biofilms in the context of CF. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590207523000035 1st publication of @LPM_UGent PhD student Amber De Bleeckere!

Breakdown of clonal cooperative architecture in multispecies #biofilms and the spatial #ecology of #predation | PNAS

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2212650120

RT @biofilmMan
Thanks to an interdisciplinary collaboration we have designed a #bacterial #Cellulose harvest platform #Biofilms were weekly harvested and studied (publications coming soon)

More to E. coli than meets the eye: Lab discovers evidence of #multicellularity in single cell organism.

#Ecoli #bacteria #biofilms #microbiomes

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-coli-eye-lab-evidence-multicellularity.html

RT @ScienceAdvances
Nanoscale drug carriers deliver multiple antimicrobial treatments to target bacterial #biofilms with #AntimicrobialResistance. https://scim.ag/1gZ

#Antibody-drug conjugates to treat bacterial #biofilms | bioRxiv
#amr #therapeutics
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.16.524127v1

Definitely a team effort to get this one out. :)

We've isolated a novel phage that can disrupt established biofilms ... but it doesn't encode a depolymerase or exhibit depolymerase activity. I think this one is going to keep us busy for a long time.

Phage vB_KmiS-Kmi2C infects members of the Klebsiella oxytoca complex and represents a novel genus of lytic bacteriophage https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.12.523727v1

#Klebsiella #phage #biofilms #Klebsiellaoxytoca #Klebsiellamichiganensis

RT @BiofilmJournal@twitter.com

What is currently known about #biofilms in space and what are gaps in the aerospace industry's knowledge that should be filled in order to mitigate or to leverage biofilms to the advantage of spaceflight? Read all about it in https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590207522000363 #biofilm

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BiofilmJournal/status/1611664020720832512