Bacterial Biofilms on Food Contact Surfaces - a Review

Bacterial Biofilms on Fungal Surfaces

Bacterial biofilm formation on fungi participates in the synergistic degradation of substrates, antagonism of fungal growth, bacterial utilization of fungi as nutrient sources, and the formation of more complex synergistic associations for the purposes of nutrient acquisition. While bacterial biofilm formation has been described in many systems, the molecular mechanisms that govern these intera...

Biofilms on Plant Surfaces

Land plants modify the terrestrial environment extensively by nutrient acquisition, water utilization, physical disruption and cohesion of the soil, and the release of complex exudate materials. Decaying plant matter is also a major source of organic material in soils. Large numbers of microorganisms associate with and flourish on, within, and around plants, colonizing virtually all exposed tis...

Bacterial communities on classroom surfaces vary with human contact

BACKGROUND Humans can spend the majority of their time indoors, but little is known about the interactions between the human and built-environment microbiomes or the forces that drive microbial community assembly in the built environment. We sampled 16S rRNA genes from four different surface types throughout a university classroom to determine whether bacterial assemblages on each surface were ...

A critical review on the survival and elimination of norovirus in food and on food contact surfaces A Report to the United Kingdom Food Standards Agency

Biofilms: Microbial Life on Surfaces

Microorganisms attach to surfaces and develop biofilms. Biofilm-associated cells can be differentiated from their suspended counterparts by generation of an extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) matrix, reduced growth rates, and the up- and down- regulation of specific genes. Attachment is a complex process regulated by diverse characteristics of the growth medium, substratum, and cell surfac...