Amyloid fibers provide structural integrity to Bacillus subtilis biofilms

By D. Romero, C. Aguilar, R. Losick, Robert Kolter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010

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The antimicrobial activity of nanoparticles: present situation and prospects for the future (2017, background): “Biofilms are specifically microbial aggregates that rely on a solid surface and extracellular products, such as extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs).(5) Bacteria move reversibly onto the surface, but the expression of EPSs renders the attachment irreversible.”
Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPSs) in Ocean Systems (2017, background): “Their formation, at present, is thought to result from non-biological processes (Romero et al., 2010).”
Bacterial Extracellular Polysaccharides in Biofilm Formation and Function (2015, background): “Reprinted from The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (217)”
Essential Oils in Food Preservation: Mode of Action, Synergies, and Interactions with Food Matrix Components (2012, methodology): “While antibodies conjugated to metal nanoparticles have been used with TEM in a few studies (Romero et al., 2010), no labeling techniques have been reported for SEM and AFM.”