Bacterial Biofilm Formation and Eradication
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Biofilm".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 27426
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bacterial biofilms; horizontal gene transfer; biofilm models; optogenetics; light/phage/plasma therapy of biofilms; SMART fluids and nanotechnologies in biofilm; 3D modeling; anti-biofouling materials
Interests: chronic bacterial pathogenesis; development of anti-biofilm drugs; human disease; susceptibility and performance gene mapping and cloning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bacterial biofilms are probably the oldest multicellular structures on Earth. It has been more than half a century since Bill Costerton started biofilm research, but new questions arise every day: What is really a biofilm? How do we grow bacterial biofilms? How do we study processes occurring inside a biofilm? Why are biofilm bacteria much more antibiotic resistant, and how can they be killed? How do we stop the spread of antibiotic resistances within biofilms? How do we prevent biofilm formation and remove biofilms from surfaces? How do we treat biofilm-related chronic diseases? etc.
With this Special Issue, we would like to offer you the opportunity to share your ideas and research and answer some of these intriguing questions. We look forward to your submissions, which will make this Special Issue of Microorganisms a success.
Kind regards
Dr. Jarosław E. Król
Prof. Dr. Garth Ehrlich
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- model biofilms
- horizontal gene transfer in biofilms
- new promising anti-biofilm therapies
- new antibiofilm materials