Review on bacterial biofilm: An universal cause of contamination

Biofilms contain cluster of microorganisms that are found to be associated with the biotic and abiotic surfaces. Biofilm formation is a dynamic process and different mechanisms are involved in their attachment and growth. The formation of microbial biofilms is an important reason for failure of anti...

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Published inBiocatalysis and agricultural biotechnology Vol. 7; pp. 56 - 66
Main Authors Satpathy, Soumya, Sen, Sudip Kumar, Pattanaik, Smaranika, Raut, Sangeeta
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2016
Subjects
Antimicrobial agent
Bacterial biofilm
Bio control
Enzyme
Plant extract
Plant extract
Bacterial biofilm
Bio control
Enzyme
Antimicrobial agent
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Summary:Biofilms contain cluster of microorganisms that are found to be associated with the biotic and abiotic surfaces. Biofilm formation is a dynamic process and different mechanisms are involved in their attachment and growth. The formation of microbial biofilms is an important reason for failure of antimicrobial therapy. Biofilm-associated infections represent one of the major threats of modern medicine. Consequently, various preventive and control strategies like mechanical, physical and chemical methods can be appropriately applied for controlling biofilm formation or eradicate mature biofilm. The present review will focus on describing the effective bio control and removal of biofilms. These newer bio control strategies are considered as ecofriendly and cost effective method in terms of therapeutic.
ISSN:1878-8181
1878-8181
DOI:10.1016/j.bcab.2016.05.002