by Rita Del Pinto, Davide Pietropaoli and Theresa T. Pizarro Females and males differ in terms of oral biofilms composition, particularly in the subgingival niche during periodontitis, potentially impacting on immunity, as supported by evidence of disease- and female-specific antibodies to periodontal bacteria, exclusive to women with periodontitis. Created in Powerpoint. Credit: Rita DEL PINTO,...
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Biofilm battles: storming and repurposing the bacterial fortress
Most bacteria mimic multicellular life, forming a community connected by what’s known as a biofilm.Credit: Kateryna Kon/ Science Photo Library/ Getty Images. “Biofilms can be good, but when they go bad, then we have a real problem,” says Lauren Bakaletz, director of the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide...
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Arrangement of Bacteria in Biofilms Affects Their Sensitivity to Antibiotics
Bacteria are traditionally imagined as single-cell organisms, spread out sparsely over surfaces or suspended in liquids, but in many environments the true bacterial mode of growth is in sticky clusters called biofilms.Biofilm formation can be useful to humans—it is integral, for example, to producing kombucha tea. But it is more often problematic because it makes...