A biological method to treat sewage using moving, biofilm-covered plastic items known as carriers has been gaining prominence ...

Furthermore, biotransformation of plastic debris by microbes may potentially have an important role in the generation of micron- and sub-micron-scale polymer particles, which could impact human health ...

In Amsterdam, scientists have introduced the Bubble Barrier in canals, a device that forces air through a perforated tube, creating a wall of bubbles to send submerged plastic to the surface. Hong ...

Almost all micro-organisms subsist in elaborate colonies that are embedded in biofilms of self-produced exopolymer matrices. The biofilm allows the micro-organisms to adhere to any surface ...

Biofilm (a bacterial film) is a mixture of different micro-organisms that are held together and protected by glue-like materials (carbohydrates). The glue-like material that micro-organisms secrete ...

Larger plastic items, such as ghost nets, can entangle and suffocate biota. Moreover, marine plastic debris provides additional surface for microbial biofilm formation and invertebrate settlement, ...

Biofilms are aggregations of microbes that are encased by extra-cellular polymeric substances (EPS) and adhere to surfaces and interfaces. Biofilm development on abiotic surfaces is a dynamic process, ...

[23] Systemic dosing levels of antibiotics, which were developed according to the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of planktonic organisms, are relatively ineffective against biofilm micro ...

Particle-tracking microrheology is an in situ technique that allows quantification of biofilm material properties. It overcomes the limitations of alternative techniques such as bulk rheology or force ...