Speciality grand challenge for “biofilms”

• Main Authors: Beloin, Christophe, McDougald, Diane
• Other Authors: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Biofilm Infections; Multi-species Biofilm
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151791
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The idea that most bacteria in nature are attached to surfaces was recognized as early as 1933 when Henrici stated after investigating fresh-water bacteria that “it is quite evident that for the most part water bacteria are not free floating organisms, but grow attached upon submerged surfaces” (Hen...