Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology developed a model for estimating the speed and extent of biofilm growth ... These bacteria form base structures from which string-shaped streamers ...

Princeton researchers have examined how individual cells act collectively to form structures called biofilms that often play a critical role in disease and other processes. Shown above is a ...

Biofilms are complex, three-dimensional structures of living bacteria embedded in a slimy matrix. "In Vibrio cholerae, the cholera-causing pathogen, even a brief exposure to cell wall fragments ...