Biofilm formation: a clinically relevant microbiological process.

By R. Donlan. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2001

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A Shape‐Adaptive, Antibacterial‐Coating of Immobilized Quaternary‐Ammonium Compounds Tethered on Hyperbranched Polyurea and its Mechanism of Action (2014, background): “Such contact-killing coatings have potential in widely-varying applications, including but not limited to surgical equipment and protective apparel in hospitals,([16]) medical implants and wound dressings,([17]) water purification,([18]) food packaging materials([19-20]) and industrial equipment.”
Candida Biofilms: an Update (2005, background): “This is of particular significance since it is now estimated that a significant proportion of all human microbial infections involve biofilm formation (20, 22, 25, 26, 29, 48).”
Bacterial cell attachment, the beginning of a biofilm (2007, background): “The advantage gained by the bacteria in living attached to a surface are thought to include higher concentration of nutrients close to a surface, promoted genetic exchange and, for a pathogen, increased protection from the host’s immune system [27].”
Marine Biofilms: A Successful Microbial Strategy With Economic Implications (2018, background): “Since then, both mechanisms involved in biofilm formation and methods to demote and prevent biofilms have been widely studied (see e.g., Donlan, 2001; de Carvalho and de Fonseca, 2007; Landini, 2009; de Carvalho, 2012b; de la Fuente-Núñez et al., 2012; Gu et al., 2013; Rabin et al., 2015).”