Biofilms
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Subject Areas on Research
- A heteroduplex method for detection of targeted sub-populations of bacterial communities.
- 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.
- Bacterial biofilm in acute lesions of hidradenitis suppurativa.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dynamic surface deformation of silicone elastomers for management of marine biofouling: laboratory and field studies using pneumatic actuation.
- Environmentally controlled bacterial vesicle-mediated export.
- Facial Filler Complications.
- Functional Advantages of Porphyromonas gingivalis Vesicles.
- Functional advantages conferred by extracellular prokaryotic membrane vesicles.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Revisiting the Escherichia coli polysaccharide capsule as a virulence factor during urinary tract infection: contribution to intracellular biofilm development.
- Secretory IgA and mucin-mediated biofilm formation by environmental strains of Escherichia coli: role of type 1 pili.
- 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.
- 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.
- Synergistic effect of calcineurin inhibitors and fluconazole against Candida albicans biofilms.
- Temperature affects the susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans biofilms to antifungal agents.
- 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.
- 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