Comments on: Bacteria building houses https://sarahs-world.blog/bacteria-building-houses/ A blog about bacteria: from scientific studies to vivid stories about the fascinating bacterial world Sun, 11 Aug 2024 06:47:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: What bacteria do to our teeth – Sarah's little world https://sarahs-world.blog/bacteria-building-houses/#comment-40 Sun, 15 Mar 2020 20:14:46 +0000 https://sarahs-world.blog/?p=193#comment-40 […] The commensal bacteria have specific adhesins with which they bind to the proteins of the saliva (I describe adhesins in this article). After they attached to the saliva and thus to the tooth, they form a so called dental biofilm on the tooth, also known as plaques. This is the stuff you can feel on your teeth in the morning after waking up (I talk about what biofilms are, here). […]

]]> By: Bacteria breaking free from home – Sarah's little world https://sarahs-world.blog/bacteria-building-houses/#comment-39 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 11:35:28 +0000 https://sarahs-world.blog/?p=193#comment-39 […] and wet soil. If you do not remember what a biofilm is, you might want to refresh your memory with this post where I explain in more detail what biofilms […]

]]> By: Bommel https://sarahs-world.blog/bacteria-building-houses/#comment-38 Sun, 02 Jun 2019 19:10:07 +0000 https://sarahs-world.blog/?p=193#comment-38 In reply to r-wettstaedt.

That is a great question and I was just skimming through the current literature. It seems that bacteria grown in a biofilm are generally a lot more resistant to disinfectants than planktonic (swimming) bacteria. This is a major problem in hospital environments as it is super difficult to completely get rid of a bacteria once they have established a biofilm.

]]> By: r-wettstaedt https://sarahs-world.blog/bacteria-building-houses/#comment-37 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 08:48:58 +0000 https://sarahs-world.blog/?p=193#comment-37 Are biofilms the reason why disinfectants kill only 99% of bacteria or because of other resistances, or both? Or are disinfectants actually an effective way of penetrating the biofilm and killing the bacteria inside?

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