Advance in Biofilm Dispersal Strategies
- VernacularTitle:生物被膜分散方式的研究进展
- Author:
Cheng-Ya DONG
;
Xiao-Tong MA
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Biofilm,Dispersal strategies,Infection
- From:
Microbiology
1992;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Bacterial biofilm is responsible for a wide variety of nosocomial infections.Many chronic infectious diseases are closely correlated with biofilm formation in the clinic.As the biofilm growth,bacterial clusters detachment and dispersal from mature mixed-species biofilms will result in repeated acute infections.Here reviews three distinct biofilm dispersal strategies: swarming dispersal,clumping dispersal and surface dispersal.Many factors,such as heredity and increased fluid shear in the environment,contribute to this complex and dynamic process.Fundamental investigation upon biofilm will benefit clinical therapy of biofilm-associated infections.
