Webinar on “Diffusion in Biofilms”

Biofilms are a group of one or more types of microorganisms that can grow on many different surfaces. In previous literature continual bacterial and fungal infection has been studied extensively and been implicated with a variety of health conditions and failure of implanted medical devices. Biofilm formation starts with free-floating microorganisms such as bacteria attached with a surface subsequent!) producing an extracellular matrix composed of one or more polymeric substances such as proteins. polysaccharides, humic substances. Extracellular DNA and sometimes other molecules such as those invoked in cell-to-cell communication. Biofilm growth depends on multiple factors and thus for different purposes different growth reactors are used. In this article, these growth factors are investigated with different biofilms reactors Within a biofilm. bacteria are more resistant to antibiotics. One of the explanations for reduced susceptibility of antibiotics to biofilm microorganisms compared to their freely suspended counterparts is related to physiological differences between the microorganism’s mode of growth. Biofilm bacteria also form nutrients starved clusters forming persister cells and triggers protective genes against antibiotics. This talk also focuses on the question of antibiotic transport and Reversible and irreversible sorption in biofilms studying diffusion phenomenon in biofilms.