Biofilms

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A comparative study of the non-acidic chemically mediated antifoulant properties of three sympatric species of ascidians associated with seagrass habitats. 
  • A heteroduplex method for detection of targeted sub-populations of bacterial communities. 
  • A tactile response in Staphylococcus aureus. 
  • A whole more than the sum of its synthetic parts. 
  • Adherent biofilms in bacterial vaginosis. 
  • An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections among visitors to a dairy farm. 
  • Analysis of the genotype and virulence of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from patients with infective endocarditis. 
  • Antibiotic-loaded cement in total hip replacement: current indications, efficacy, and complications. 
  • Application of a moving bed biofilm reactor for tertiary ammonia treatment in high temperature industrial wastewater. 
  • Application of the finite difference method to model pH and substrate concentration in a double-chamber microbial fuel cell. 
  • Aquatic biofouling prevention by electrically charged nanocomposite polymer thin film membranes. 
  • Attachment and detachment of bacteria on surfaces with tunable and switchable wettability. 
  • Bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis. 
  • Bacterial biofilm in acute lesions of hidradenitis suppurativa. 
  • Bacterial biofilm within diseased pancreatic and biliary tracts. 
  • Bacterial biofilms and implantable prosthetic devices. 
  • Bacterial community responses to a gradient of alkaline mountaintop mine drainage in Central Appalachian streams. 
  • Bacteriophage K antimicrobial-lock technique for treatment of Staphylococcus aureus central venous catheter-related infection: a leporine model efficacy analysis. 
  • Bad "Staph" in the Wound Environment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers. 
  • Barnacle biology before, during and after settlement and metamorphosis: a study of the interface. 
  • Biocatalytic coatings for air pollution control: a proof of concept study on VOC biodegradation. 
  • Biofilm formation on clinically noninfected penile prostheses. 
  • Biofilms in the large bowel suggest an apparent function of the human vermiform appendix. 
  • Biofilms in the normal human large bowel: fact rather than fiction. 
  • Bioinspired surfaces with dynamic topography for active control of biofouling. 
  • Biological waste air treatment in biofilters. 
  • Biomass control in waste air biotrickling filters by protozoan predation. 
  • Bonds between fibronectin and fibronectin-binding proteins on Staphylococcus aureus and Lactococcus lactis. 
  • Calcineurin controls drug tolerance, hyphal growth, and virulence in Candida dubliniensis. 
  • Characterisation of spin coated engineered Escherichia coli biofilms using atomic force microscopy. 
  • Chelating agents exert distinct effects on biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus depending on strain background: role for clumping factor B. 
  • Chemoreception drives plastic consumption in a hard coral. 
  • Combinatorial phenotypic signatures distinguish persistent from resolving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia isolates. 
  • Comparison of conventional and integrated fixed-film activated sludge systems: attached- and suspended-growth functions and quantitative polymerase chain reaction measurements. 
  • Comparison of different packing materials for the biofiltration of air toxics. 
  • Correlation between fundamental binding forces and clinical prognosis of Staphylococcus aureus infections of medical implants. 
  • Dissociation rate constants of human fibronectin binding to fibronectin-binding proteins on living Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical patients. 
  • Distribution of bacterial proteins in biofilms formed by non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae. 
  • Dynamic surface deformation of silicone elastomers for management of marine biofouling: laboratory and field studies using pneumatic actuation. 
  • Effects of slime produced by clinical isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci on activities of various antimicrobial agents. 
  • Engineered antifouling microtopographies: the role of Reynolds number in a model that predicts attachment of zoospores of Ulva and cells of Cobetia marina. 
  • Engineering biofilms for biocatalysis. 
  • Environmentally controlled bacterial vesicle-mediated export. 
  • Experimental and theoretical examination of surface energy and adhesion of nitrifying and heterotrophic bacteria using self-assembled monolayers. 
  • Facial Filler Complications. 
  • Functional Advantages of Porphyromonas gingivalis Vesicles. 
  • Functional advantages conferred by extracellular prokaryotic membrane vesicles. 
  • Gold nanoparticle biodissolution by a freshwater macrophyte and its associated microbiome. 
  • High-resolution three-dimensional imaging of biofilm development using optical coherence tomography. 
  • Human Lysozyme Peptidase Resistance Is Perturbed by the Anionic Glycolipid Biosurfactant Rhamnolipid Produced by the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 
  • Human secretory immunoglobulin A may contribute to biofilm formation in the gut. 
  • Immunoglobulin-mediated agglutination of and biofilm formation by Escherichia coli K-12 require the type 1 pilus fiber. 
  • Incorporation of secretory immunoglobulin A into biofilms can decrease their resistance to ciprofloxacin. 
  • Inhibition of barnacle larval settlement and crustacean toxicity of some hoplonemertine pyridyl alkaloids. 
  • Kinetics and inhibition of reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene, cis-1,2-dichloroethene and vinyl chloride in a continuously fed anaerobic biofilm reactor. 
  • Long-term monitoring of bacteria undergoing programmed population control in a microchemostat. 
  • Microbial biofilms in the gut: visualization by electron microscopy and by acridine orange staining. 
  • Modification of Silicone Elastomer Surfaces with Zwitterionic Polymers: Short-Term Fouling Resistance and Triggered Biofouling Release. 
  • Nanometric Considerations in Biofilm Formation. 
  • New horizons for cutaneous microbiology: the role of biofilms in dermatological disease. 
  • On-demand release of Candida albicans biofilms from urinary catheters by mechanical surface deformation. 
  • Planar integrated optical methods for examining thin films and their surface adlayers. 
  • Polymorphisms in Fibronectin Binding Proteins A and B among Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates Are Not Associated with Arthroplasty Infection. 
  • Polymorphisms in fibronectin binding protein A of Staphylococcus aureus are associated with infection of cardiovascular devices. 
  • Polysaccharide capsule and sialic acid-mediated regulation promote biofilm-like intracellular bacterial communities during cystitis. 
  • Rationally designed small compounds inhibit pilus biogenesis in uropathogenic bacteria. 
  • Revision washout decreases implant capsule tissue culture positivity: a multicenter study. 
  • Secretory IgA and mucin-mediated biofilm formation by environmental strains of Escherichia coli: role of type 1 pili. 
  • Small-molecule inhibitors target Escherichia coli amyloid biogenesis and biofilm formation. 
  • Soft robotic concepts in catheter design: an on-demand fouling-release urinary catheter. 
  • Space flight alters bacterial gene expression and virulence and reveals a role for global regulator Hfq. 
  • Spatial organization and composition of the mucosal flora in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. 
  • Spontaneous bacterial cell lysis and biofilm formation in the colon of the Cape Dune mole-rat and the laboratory rabbit. 
  • Staphylococcus aureus Nuc2 is a functional, surface-attached extracellular nuclease. 
  • Structural and In Vivo Studies on Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase from Pathogenic Fungi Provide Insights into Its Catalytic Mechanism, Biological Necessity, and Potential for Novel Antifungal Drug Design. 
  • Structures of the activator of K. pneumonia biofilm formation, MrkH, indicates PilZ domains involved in c-di-GMP and DNA binding. 
  • Surface-grafted, environmentally sensitive polymers for biofilm release. 
  • Synergistic effect of calcineurin inhibitors and fluconazole against Candida albicans biofilms. 
  • Temperature affects the susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans biofilms to antifungal agents. 
  • The Skin Commensal Yeast Malassezia globosa Thwarts Bacterial Biofilms to Benefit the Host. 
  • The biological functions of DNA: from the sublime to the slime. 
  • The effects of a lower irrigation system on pollutant removal and on the microflora of a biofilter. 
  • The genetic architecture of biofilm formation in a clinical isolate of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • The importance of a multifaceted approach to characterizing the microbial flora of chronic wounds. 
  • The vibrio cholerae hybrid sensor kinase VieS contributes to motility and biofilm regulation by altering the cyclic diguanylate level. 
  • Thermophilic biotrickling filtration of ethanol vapors. 
  • Transient Nutrient Deprivation Promotes Macropinocytosis-Dependent Intracellular Bacterial Community Development. 
  • Transport and retention of selected engineered nanoparticles by porous media in the presence of a biofilm. 
  • Urinary catheter capable of repeated on-demand removal of infectious biofilms via active deformation. 
  • Yersinia pestis kills Caenorhabditis elegans by a biofilm-independent process that involves novel virulence factors. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Deshusses, Marc, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University Energy Initiative
  • Kuehn, Margarethe Joanna, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
  • Magwene, Paul Mitaari, Associate Professor of Biology, Biology