called EPS (i.e., extracellular polymeric substances) (Figure 1). The biofilm is an adaptation for stabilizing the local environment of bacteria against stresses that is flexible and can be easily ...

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other ...

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other ...

More information: Hans-Curt Flemming et al, Microbial extracellular polymeric substances in the environment, technology and ...

One of the remarkable features of biofilms, shared with eukaryotic tissues, is that bacteria embed themselves in the self-secreted extracellular polymeric matrix which holds the cells together ...

You can also see bacteria-derived extracellular polymers known as alpha-glucans in red (3). Biology in the background Symbiotic relationships happen throughout the natural world, as well as within our ...

They were killing each other like crazy. —Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University Biofilms form when groups of bacteria cover themselves in a sticky mixture of sugars, protein, and DNA. This ...

These slime-like, three dimensional structures develop when bacteria secrete sugars, proteins, and other extracellular polymeric substances, including DNA, that coalesce into a dense meshwork that ...

coli bacterial cells proliferate in a polymeric solution. Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus ...

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other, building a ...

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other ...