In an opinion piece published in Microbiology Australia, a James Cook University team led by Dr. Yaoqin Hong recently ...

Environmental biofilm systems are comprised of many diverse cohabiting bacteria (Hall-Stoodley et al., 2004). For example, soil is typically high in bacterial abundance and diversity and includes ...

The predominant mode of growth of most bacteria in natural and engineered environments is as a surface-associated community encased in an extracellular matrix, called a biofilm. When conditions within ...

My research is currently supported by grants from the National Institute of Health and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. Standing on a walkway at Yellowstone National Park, I admired the hues of orange, blue ...

Bacteria in contact with living tissues form layers that resist penetration by the immune system or antibiotics, but promising treatments abound. What are some of the most challenging clinical ...