Bacterial adhesion involves the attachment (or deposition) of bacteria on the surface (solid, gel layer, etc.). This interaction plays an important role...

ecological roles. The Type IX bacterial secretion system contains 18 genes that are needed for proper function. There are many genes in the P. gingivalis genome...

CW (2004). "Identification of bacterial pathogens in biofilms of recirculating aquaculture systems". Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology. 13 (1):...

cytoskeletal denticles, which provide support for the cell and allow for adhesion to surfaces including fish tissue. Trichodinids are members of the peritrichous...

located in the roof of the animal's mantle cavity. This is in association with parts of the aquatic mollusk anatomy that perform sediment consolidation in these...

aminopenicillin class of the penicillin family. The drug is used to treat bacterial infections such as middle ear infection, strep throat, pneumonia, skin...

hairs assist in more efficient water and nutrient uptake in plants. increased shoot biomass was also observed. In addition, bacterial adhesion, biofilm formation...

pharmaceutical development. The first step in the formation of biofilms is adhesion. The initial bacterial adhesion to surfaces involves the adhesin–receptor...

32:1253–1266. Jackson, G. A. 1989. Simulation of bacterial attraction and adhesion to falling particles in an aquatic environment. Limnol. Oceanogr. 34: 514–530...

conditioning film of organic polymers. In the next 24 hours, this layer allows the process of bacterial adhesion to occur, with both diatoms and bacteria...

Understanding motility is important in biology, medicine, and ecology, as it impacts processes ranging from bacterial behavior to ecosystem dynamics. Motility...

antimicrobial surface in a given context. A main way to combat the growth of bacterial cells on a surface is to prevent the initial adhesion of the cells to...

impacts on the algal and bacterial communities in a small boreal forest lakeThis paper is part of the series "Forty Years of Aquatic Research at the Experimental...

evolutionarily distinct from bacterial flagella: whereas bacterial flagella evolved from the bacterial Type III secretion system, archaella appear to have...

2001 publication lists 215 species). They occur in fresh water and wet soil as terrestrial or aquatic species across every continent except Antarctica...

the host organism in response to the certain bacterial autoinducers. Despite the fact that specific bacterial quorum sensing systems are different, for...

required for camouflage. The bacterial luciferin-luciferase system is encoded by a set of genes labelled the lux operon. In A. fischeri, five such genes...

polyethylene glycol, and other polymers have been shown to reduce external bacterial adhesion, which elicits applications of anti-microbial substances to the polymer...

environmental engineering in 2004. Her dissertation, Mechanisms of Bacterial Adhesion to Solid Surfaces in Aquatic Systems, was supervised by Menachem...

phylogenetic diversity of bacterial cells with high and low nucleic acid content and electron transport system activity in an upwelling ecosystem". Applied...

vertical, and inverted planes, which is facilitated by the electro-adhesion system. This uses electric fields to create electrostatic attraction, causing...

intestines via an adhesion molecule known as intimin. E. coli can live on a wide variety of substrates and uses mixed acid fermentation in anaerobic conditions...

free-living bacteria. Biofilm formation may also occur while in spore form due to varying adhesion ability of spores. Their flagella are peritrichous, meaning...

threat to aquatic environments and public health, and are increasing in frequency and magnitude globally. Cyanobacteria are ubiquitous in marine environments...

MC; McClay, DR (1991). "Tissue-specific, temporal changes in cell adhesion to echinonectin in the sea urchin embryo". Developmental Biology. 144 (2): 327–34...

application of textile materials in healthcare and biomedical engineering. Biotextiles made from mycelium, vegetable biomass, bacterial cellulose, and recombinant...

dinoflagellate of numerous aquatic organisms living in brackish and seawater environments. The dinoflagellate is endemic in temperate and tropical areas...

controlled cultivation and harvesting of aquatic animals such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and so on, in natural or pseudo-natural environments. A...

however, the thick bacterial capsule prevents the action of the complement membrane attack complex. Additional elements of the immune system are activated...

cytoskeleton, a system of scaffolding that maintains the cell shape. Proteins are also important in cell signaling, immune responses, cell adhesion, active transport...