Healthcare-associated infections caused by Candida spp. in critical infants: a look at environmental surfaces by Priscila Guerino Vilela, Isadora Caixeta da Silveira Ferreira, Ralciane de Paula Menezes, Mário Paulo Amante Penatti, Reginaldo dos Santos Pedroso, Denise Von Dolinger de Brito Röder

“…All isolates produced biofilm. A notable genetic similarity was observed between some environmental and clinical isolates, suggesting the environment as a possible source of infection.…”
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Virulence Factors of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile Linked to Recurrent Infections by Laura Tijerina-Rodríguez, Licet Villarreal-Treviño, Rayo Morfín-Otero, Adrián Camacho-Ortíz, E. Garza-González

“…Furthermore, adhesion and motility-associated factors, such as Cwp84, SlpA, and flagella, have shown to increase the adhesion efficiency to host epithelia, cell internalization, and the formation of biofilm. Finally, biofilm confers to C. difficile protection from antibiotics and acts as a reservoir for spores that allow the persistence of the infection in the host. …”
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Investigating the Efficiency of Machine Learning Methods for Simulating the Effects of the Paper-Pulp Industry on Aqua Ecosystem Pollution by Mahmoud Ahmadi, Mehran Davallo, Mohsen Jahanshahi, Vahid Kiarostami, Majid Peyravi

“…In addition, these methods are considered for predicting pH in the membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MBR) and the membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MABR). …”
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Antimicrobial Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma against Porphyromonas gingivalis by Thuy Anh Vu Pham, Thao Thi Phuong Tran, Ngan Thi My Luong

“…However, PRP did not have a strong effect on the suppression of P. gingivalis biofilm. Conclusion. PRP of individuals with healthy periodontium and chronic periodontitis patients showed antibacterial properties against P. gingivalis. …”
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Prevalence and Characterization of Salmonella Species on U.S. Swine Sites as Part of the NAHMS 2021 Swine Enteric Study by Stephanie C. Hempstead, Catherine A. Gensler, Charles A. Haley, Alyson M. Wiedenheft, James B. Robertson, Paula J. Fedorka-Cray, Megan E. Jacob

“…The majority (85.4%) of isolates formed some biofilm in vitro, characterized as weak (36.6%), moderate (39.0%), or strong (9.8%), with no major associations among common serotype or AMR pattern. …”
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Enhancing elemental release and antibacterial properties of resin-based dental sealants with calcium phosphate, bioactive glass, and polylysine by Phatpicha Lertwisitphon, Yotsavee Worapasphaiboon, Nichapa Champakanan, Arnit Toneluck, Parichart Naruphontjirakul, Anne M. Young, Rattapha Chinli, Phoom Chairatana, Supanan Sucharit, Piyaphong Panpisut

“…The physical properties, mechanical performance, cytotoxicity, and inhibition of S. mutans biofilm by these materials were subsequently evaluated. …”
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Assessment of Antibiotic Resistance Among Isolates of <i>Klebsiella</i> spp. and <i>Raoultella</i> spp. in Wildlife and Their Environment from Portugal: A Positive Epidemiologic Ou... by Carolina Sabença, Rani de la Rivière, Paulo Barros, João Alexandre Cabral, Roberto Sargo, Luís Sousa, Maria de Lurdes Enes Dapkevicius, Filipe Silva, Filipa Lopes, Ana Carolina Abrantes, Madalena Vieira-Pinto, Manuela Caniça, Gilberto Igrejas, Carmen Torres, Patrícia Poeta

“…Most of the <i>Klebsiella</i> spp. and <i>Raoultella</i> spp. isolates were biofilm producers (except for one <i>Klebsiella</i> isolate), and 45.6% were weak biofilm producers, with the remaining being moderate to strong biofilm producers. …”
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Interactions of the emerging fungus Candida auris with Acanthamoeba castellanii reveal phenotypic changes with direct implications on the response to stress and virulence by Michele Ramos Valente, Lucas Martins Alcântara, Deborah Santos Cintra, Susana Ruiz Mendoza, Elisa Gonçalves Medeiros, Kamilla Xavier Gomes, Leandro Honorato, Marcos de Abreu Almeida, Carmen Baur Vieira, Joshua Daniel Nosanchuk, Diana Bridon da Graça Sgarbi, Marcia Ribeiro Pinto, Leonardo Nimrichter, Allan Jefferson Guimarães

“…Two C. auris isolates (MMC1 and MMC2) were co-cultured with A. castellanii to examine interaction dynamics, survival, stress responses, growth, virulence, biofilm formation, and antifungal susceptibility. …”
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Investigation of biocompatibility and antibacterial properties of electrospun chitosan/ polyethylene oxide -based scaffolds containing propolis extract against Enterococcus faecali... by Sayed Reza Ebrahimi, Mohammad Nikbakht, Milad Shahini Shams Abadi, Abolfazl Gholipour, Mitra Bagheri, Majid Validi

“…Additionally, according to the results obtained from the Congo red biofilm test, the optimal concentration of propolis in the nanofibrous mats exhibited a substantial antibiofilm effect against S. aureus, S. epidermidis, and E. faecalis. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: A novel, bioactive and antibacterial scaffold based on functionalized graphene oxide with lignin, silk fibroin and ZnO nanoparticles by Reza Eivazzadeh-Keihan, Ensiye Zare-Bakheir, Hooman Aghamirza Moghim Aliabadi, Mostafa Ghafori Gorab, Hossein Ghafuri, Ali Maleki, Hamid Madanchi, Mohammad Mahdavi

“…The synthesized structure was examined as anti-biofilm agent and it was observed that the Graphene oxide-lignin/silk fibroin/ZnO nanobiocomposite has a significant ability to prevent the formation of P. aeruginosa biofilm. …”
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Micromeria barbata for targeting MRSA virulence: In silico and in vitro studies by Shiraz Rawas, Nawal Al Hakawati, Amale Mcheik, Dalia El S El Badan

“…The binding affinities of discovered compounds with the MRSA SarA and CrtM proteins were evaluated using molecular docking approach. Assays for biofilm formation, MIC, MBC, and agar well diffusion were used to assess the antimicrobial activity. …”
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Production Response and Digestive Enzymatic Activity of the Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) Intensively Pregrown in Microbial Heterotrophic and Autotrophic-... by Manuel J. Becerra-Dórame, Marcel Martínez-Porchas, Luis R. Martínez-Córdova, Martha E. Rivas-Vega, José A. Lopez-Elias, Marco A. Porchas-Cornejo

“…Shrimp postlarvae were reared into different microcosm systems without water exchange; a traditional system based on simple fertilization to improve microalgae concentration (control), an autotrophic system (AS) based on the promotion of biofloc and biofilm by the addition of fertilizer and artificial substrates and a heterotrophic system (HS) based on the promotion of heterotrophic bacteria by the addition of nitrogenous and carbonaceous sources and artificial substrates. …”
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Removal of phenol from pharmaceutical wastewater by bioaugmented microbial fuel cells and evaluation of power production performance by ZHU Yongqiang, SHEN Qian, XU Tingting, LIN Xin

“…According to high-throughput sequencing results, the abundance of electrogenic bacteria in anode biofilm increased, and the dominant bacteria in anode biofilm were Proteobacteria, Bacteroidota and Firmicutes. …”
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Surface Modification by Combination of Dip-Pen Nanolithography and Soft Lithography for Reduction of Bacterial Adhesion by Santiago Arango-Santander, Alejandro Pelaez-Vargas, Sidónio C. Freitas, Claudia García

“…A reduction in bacterial adhesion to patterned surfaces might have a major impact since adhesion is a key step in biofilm formation and development of biomaterial-related infections.…”
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Marine carbon burial enhanced by microbial carbonate formation at hydrocarbon seeps by Daniel Smrzka, Yiting Tseng, Jennifer Zwicker, Andrea Schröder-Ritzrau, Norbert Frank, Anne-Désirée Schmitt, Thomas Pape, Daniel Birgel, Jörn Peckmann, Saulwood Lin, Gerhard Bohrmann

“…Phase-specific 230Th/U-based ages, lipid biomarker compositions, and calcium isotope data suggest that pink aragonite is a product of in situ biofilm mineralization. First estimated precipitation rates of these individual cements in the seep carbonates range from 0.04 cm/ka for clear aragonite to 1.0 cm/ka for pink aragonite, suggesting an up to 25-fold increase in precipitation rates associated with biofilm mineralization. …”
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Biosafety characteristics and antibacterial activity of probiotic strains against Streptococcus mutans, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, and Porphyromonas gingivalis by Jeong-Yong Park, Ji Yeon Lee, YongGyeong Kim, Byoung-Kook Kim, Byung Kwon Kim, Soo-Im Choi

“…Methods The antibacterial effects of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus MG4706, Lacticaseibacillus paracasei MG4715, and Limosilactobacillus reuteri MG4722 on the growth biofilm formation of Streptococcus mutans, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, and Porphyromonas gingivalis were evaluated. …”
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Valorization of Coffee Cherry By-Products Through Fermentation by Human Intestinal Lactobacilli in Functional Fermented Milk Beverages by Antonia Picon, Yolanda Campanero, Carmen Sánchez, Inmaculada Álvarez, Eva Rodríguez-Mínguez

“…Upon CPE supplementation, some strains significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.01) increased biofilm formation, while all strains increased antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial activity. …”
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Impact of land-use and fecal contamination on Escherichia populations in environmental samples by Adrian L. Cookson, Jonathan C. Marshall, Patrick J. Biggs, Lynn E. Rogers, Rose M. Collis, Megan Devane, Rebecca Stott, Gale Brightwell

“…Metabarcoding targeting the hypervariable gene gnd was used to reveal the complex population diversity of E. coli and phenotypically indistinct Escherichia species in water, soil, sediment, aquatic biofilm, and fecal samples from native forest and pastoral sites. …”
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Comparative study of polymeric nanoparticles and traditional agents in dental implant decontamination by Håvard J Haugen, Jaime Bueno, Badra Hussain, Raquel Osorio, Mariano Sanz

“…Peri-implant diseases, such as peri-implantitis, affect up to 47% of dental implant recipients, primarily due to biofilm formation. Current decontamination methods vary in efficacy, prompting interest in polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) for their antimicrobial and protein-specific cleaning properties. …”
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Modulation of virulence and metabolic profiles in Klebsiella pneumoniae under indole-mediated stress response by Xueyao Fang, Yanhui Chen, Longhua Hu, Shumin Gu, Junqi Zhu, Yaping Hang, Xingwei Cao, Yanping Xiao, Hong Luo, Chuwen Zhao, Lianhua Xiao, Qiaoshi Zhong

“…Concurrently, indole has varying effects on biofilm formation in K. pneumoniae, with some strains showing enhanced biofilm formation ability. …”
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