Mechanisms in Biofilm Formation, Tolerance and Control: 3rd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 1135
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antimicrobial agents; emerging antimicrobial strategies; antimicrobial resistance; biofilms; plant secondary metabolites
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Interests: biofilm formation; biofilm control
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research on biofilms has progressed rapidly in the last two decades. The scientific community has come to understand many things about the specific biology of microbial biofilms through varied microscopic, physical, chemical, and molecular techniques. Such advances provided have fundamental insights for managing biofilms using different approaches. For problematic biofilms, some studies seek to prevent biofilm formation, others aim to develop antimicrobial agents to treat existing biofilms, and others aim to disrupt the polymeric ties that bind the biofilms together. It is now clear that the study of biofilms requires a multidisciplinary approach and that the knowledge on many of the aspects affecting biofilm formation and resistance remains superficial.
This Special Issue will cover recent advances in biofilm research, particularly mechanisms underlying biofilm formation and tolerance to antimicrobials. Studies on control approaches targeting specific biofilm mechanisms are within the scope of this Special Issue.
Dr. Manuel Simões
Dr. Lúcia Chaves Simões
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adhesion
- antimicrobial action
- antimicrobial resistance
- biofilm development
- biofilm matrix
- biofilm structure
- quorum sensing
- motility
- surfaces
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