Extracellular polymeric substances of biofilms : suffering from an identity crisis

• Main Authors: Seviour, Thomas, Derlon, Nicolas, Dueholm, Morten Simonsen, Flemming, Hans-Curt, Girbal-Neuhauser, Elisabeth, Horn, Harald, Kjelleberg, Staffan, van Loosdrecht, Mark C. M., Lotti, Tommaso, Malpei, M. Francesca, Nerenberg, Robert, Neu, Thomas R., Paul, Etienne, Yu, Hanqing, Lin, Yuemei
• Other Authors: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Biofilms; Extracellular Polymeric Substances
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151716
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Microbial biofilms can be both cause and cure to a range of emerging societal problems including antimicrobial tolerance, water sanitation, water scarcity and pollution. The identities of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) responsible for the establishment and function of biofilms are poorly u...