Bacteria detect when nearby cells are dying and proactively form a protective biofilm. Understanding how bacteria communicate and respond to threats is crucial for combating infections.

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If you've ever made kombucha, you will be familiar with the term SCOBY—a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. It's impossible to miss—it's the floating biofilm on top of your delicious drink.

These bacteria form base structures from which string ... "A ship covered with a thin biofilm may experience up to an 80% increase in fuel consumption." Time lapse animation of the laboratory ...

Bacteria detect when nearby cells are dying and proactively form a protective biofilm. Understanding how bacteria communicate and respond to threats is crucial for combating infections.

Researchers in Australia have pinpointed a protein found in oysters as a way to make antibiotics more effective. As ...

Give a bacteria-fungi biofilm access to sweetened tea and you can make not only kombucha –but a fibre vital to making clothing.