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Doria Gergeta, Matea Badnjevic, Ljerka Karleusa, Zeljka Maglica, Stjepan Spalj and Ivana Gobin
This study aimed to analyse the effect of chlorhexidine digluconate (CHX DG) mouthwash on the adhesion of oral bacteria to orthodontic appliances. The interactions of four bacteria (S. mutans, A. actinomycetemcomitans, S. oralis, and V. parvula) with two...
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Ján Király, Vanda Hajducková, Gabriela Gregová, Tatiana Szabóová and Emil Pilipcinec
Staphylococcus spp. is the most common cause of mastitis, with a significantly low cure rate. Bacterial characteristics like adhesion and biofilm formation, as well as extracellular factors, can affect the pathogenesis of staphylococcal mastitis. The stu...
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Nicoleta-Oana Nicula, Eduard-Marius Lungulescu, Ioannis A. Ieropoulos, Gimi A. Rimbu and Ortansa Csutak
The presence of nutrients in aquaculture water bodies causes serious problems for aquatic ecosystems, requiring the development of technical solutions to reduce their amounts. This work identifies some bacterial strains that are able to reduce nutrient q...
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Yongwei Yan, Shanshan Wang, Jie Li, Fuli Liu and Zhaolan Mo
Bacteria are one of the causes of green rot disease (GRD) in Saccharina japonica mariculture, which may lead to complete failure of seedling production. However, the association between bacterial community and host disease severity remains largely unknow...
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Jingyang Zhang, Sofiya-Roksolana Got, Iris Xiaoxue Yin, Edward Chin-Man Lo and Chun-Hung Chu
Studies have shown that silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is an effective agent to arrest and prevent dental caries due to its mineralizing and antibacterial properties. While plenty of studies have investigated the mineralizing properties, there are few pap...
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Benjamín Otto Ortega-Morales and Christine Claire Gaylarde
Cultural heritage buildings of stone construction require careful restorative actions to maintain them as close to the original condition as possible. This includes consolidation and cleaning of the structure. Traditional consolidants may have poor perfo...
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Nataliia Tkachuk and Liubov Zelena
This paper tackles bacteria of the genus Bacillus as both biodamaging/biodegrading and biocontrolling agents. The article addresses the said bacteria?s ability to form biofilms and corrosive, antimicrobial and antibiofilm proactive compounds, primarily, ...
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Lijuan Zhong, Yibo Song and Shufeng Zhou
Stainless steel is one of most commonly used materials in the world; however, biofilms on the surfaces of stainless steel cause many serious problems. In order to find effective methods of reducing bacterial adhesion to stainless steel, and to investigat...
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Yangyang Luo, Ahmed Humayun and David K. Mills
Three-dimensional (3D) printing techniques have received considerable focus in the area of bone engineering due to its precise control in the fabrication of complex structures with customizable shapes, internal and external architectures, mechanical stre...
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Hung-Yin Tsai, Wei-Hsuan Hsu and Yi-Jhu Liao
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs), which can generate low-pollution power through microbial decomposition, are a potentially vital technology with applications in environmental protection and energy recovery. The electrode materials used in MFCs are crucial de...
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