Biofilms are complex microbial communities that attach firmly to surfaces and grow within a dense extra cellular matrix composed of polysaccharides, proteins, and nucleic acids. Their ability to anchor to medical devices, ...

Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae is the etiological agent of cholera, an acute dehydrating diarrhea that occurs in epidemic form in many developing countries. Although V. cholerae is a human pathogen, aquatic ecosystems are major ...