Sensing the unreachable: challenges and opportunities in biofilm detection.

Sensing the unreachable: challenges and opportunities in biofilm detection. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2019 Nov 22;64:79-84 Authors: Xu Y, Dhaouadi Y, Stoodley P, Ren D Abstract Bacteria can attach to essentially all materials and form multicellular biofilms with high-level tolerance to antimicrobials. Detrimental biofilms are responsible for a variety of problems ranging from food and water contamination, bio-corrosion, to drug resistant infections. Besides the challenges in control, biofilms are also difficult to detect due to the lack of biofilm-specific biomarkers and methods for non-destructive imaging. In this article, we present a concise review of recent advancements in this field, with a focus on medical device-associated infections. We also discuss the technologies that have potential for non-destructive detection of bacterial biofilms. PMID: 31766008 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Opinion in Biotechnology - Category: Biotechnology Authors: Tags: Curr Opin Biotechnol Source Type: research