Biofilms use chemical weapons
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 16:07
in Biology & Nature
Bacteria rarely come as loners; more often they grow in crowds and squat on surfaces where they form a community together. These so-called biofilms develop on any surface that bacteria can attach themselves to. The dilemma we face is that neither disinfectants and antibiotics, nor phagocytes and our immune system can destroy these biofilms...
Read the whole article
See latest science articles from Science Centric
Latest Science Newsletter
Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox!Related
- Biofilms use chemical weaponsWed, 23 Jul 2008, 11:08:00 EDT
- Turning on cell-cell communication wipes out staph biofilmsWed, 30 Apr 2008, 16:14:22 EDT
- Chemical engineering researchers identify biofilms that cause infectionsWed, 11 Jun 2008, 13:22:12 EDT
- New step forward in search for solution to infection puzzleWed, 6 Aug 2008, 10:15:40 EDT
- U of Chicago scientists invent device that controls, measures dynamics of chemicals in live tissueMon, 27 Oct 2008, 17:49:29 EDT