The researchers identified a library of synthetic polymers and screened them for their ability to induce biofilm formation in E. coli, a bacterium that is one of the most widely studied micro ...

Preeti Sule, a doctoral student at NDSU, has tested a harmless strain of E. coli on meat and found that a certain regulator protein affects cell division and biofilm formation.

Among the bacterial species frequently isolated from CAUTIs, [30] the most investigated for their role in biofilm formation are E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P. mirabilis and, more recently, the ...

The positively charged particles still caused stress—and enhanced Shiga-like toxin production—in biofilm-bound E. coli. "Biofilms are a very robust bacterial structure and are hard to eradicate.

The positively charged particles still caused stress — and enhanced Shiga-like toxin production — in biofilm-bound E. coli. “Biofilms are a very robust bacterial structure and are hard to eradicate.

When the E. coli biofilms were on microplastics, they grew dramatically faster, larger and more antibiotic-resistant than biofilms growing on glass spheres, the study found.

When the E. coli biofilms were on microplastics, they grew dramatically faster, larger and more antibiotic-resistant than biofilms growing on glass spheres, the study found.

Nanoplastics-mediated physiologic and genomic responses in pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7. Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2025; 23 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s12951-025-03369-z ...